Skip to main content

Table 2 The clinical frailty scale (CFS)

From: Physical function management for elderly dialysis patients: prevention and improvement of frailty and disability

CFS score

Interpretation

1

Very fit: robust, active, energetic, motivated, and fit; fittest in their age group

2

Well: without active disease but not as fit as those in category 1

3

Well: with treated comorbid disease

4

Apparently vulnerable: not dependent but has symptoms from comorbid disease (such as being slowed up)

5

Mildly frail: limited dependence on others for instrumental activities of daily living

6

Moderately frail: help is needed for instrumental activities of daily living and activities of daily living

7

Severely frail: completely dependent on others for instrumental activities of daily living and activities of daily living or terminally ill

8

Very severely frail: completely dependent, approaching the end of life. Typically, they could not recover even from a minor illness

9

Terminally ill: approaching the end of life. This category applies to people with a life expectancy < 6 months, who are not otherwise evidently frail