PRISMA-7 Frailty Screening Tool
7-item self/informant-report frailty screen for community-dwelling older adults (Raîche 2008). Validated in primary-care, ED triage and population screening. Score ≥3 indicates frailty and triggers comprehensive geriatric assessment.
Score interpretation
→ Routine review. Encourage exercise, social engagement, nutrition. Re-screen at 12–24 months.
→ Comprehensive geriatric assessment (BGS Toolkit). Review polypharmacy (STOPP/START), nutrition (MUST), cognition (AMTS / 6-CIT), continence, mood, falls, advance care planning, social support. Onward physiotherapy / occupational therapy / community-frailty MDT referral.
Interpretation bands for the PRISMA-7. Apply clinical judgement and local guidance.
References
Related
Curated clinical cross-links plus same-class fallbacks.
- Ertapenem · Carbapenem — ESBL / Complicated Intra-Abdominal / Community OPAT
- Lefamulin · Pleuromutilin Antibiotic (Community-Acquired Pneumonia)
- Diazepam (Paediatric) · Benzodiazepine — Status Epilepticus / Febrile Convulsions (Community)
- Ceftriaxone (Paediatric) · Third-Generation Cephalosporin — Meningitis / Sepsis / Community-Acquired Pneumonia
- Amoxicillin · Antibiotic — Community-Acquired Pneumonia
- Falls Assessment in Older Adults · NICE CG161 2013
- Delirium Outside ICU · NICE CG103
- Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) · BGS / NICE
- Delirium Assessment and Management · NICE CG103 2010
- Frailty Recognition and Management · BGS Frailty Framework / NHS NHSE
- Polypharmacy and Medicines Optimisation · STOPP/START v2 2014 / NICE NG5
Decision support only — verify against a current formulary, NICE, or your local guideline before clinical use.