In response to the Letter to the Editor by Dr AA. Zulfiqar re our publication “Multidimensional Short Tools to Assess Frailty: a Narrative Review” (Ann Ig. 2022 Mar 18. doi: 10.7416/ai.2022.2516. Online ahead of print)
Keywords:
Frailty, Elderly, Short tool, Health, Multidimensional evaluation, Primary care, Physical, Psychological, Care, SocialAbstract
We appreciate that Dr. Zulfiqar showed us that they had already demonstrated the validity and reliability of his ZFS scale. Still, it is evident that, in our paper, we could not take it for granted because all the articles they quote have been published after we handed out ours to the Managing Editor of Ann Ig.
References
1. Zulfiqar AA. Letter to the Editor. Comment on: Formosa V, Lorusso G, Lentini G, Terracciano E, Gentili S, Liotta G. Multidimensional Short Tools to assess frailty: a narr ative review. Ann Ig. 2022 Jul-Aug; 34(4): 425-7. doi: 10.7416/ai.2022.2526.
2. Formosa V, Lorusso G, Lentini G, Terracciano E, Gentili S, Liotta G. Multidimensional Short Tools to assess frailty: a narrative review. Ann Ig. 2022 Mar 18. doi: 10.7416/ai.2022.2516. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35302158.
3. Zulfiqar AA. Frailty in Primary Care: Validation of the simplified Zulfiqar Frailty Scale (ZFS). Medicines (Basel). 2021 Sep 3; 8(9): 51. doi: 10.3390/medicines8090051. PMID: 34564093.
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6. Zulfiqar AA. Creation of a new frailty scale in primary care: the Zulfiqar frailty scale. Caspian J Intern Med 2022; 13(2): 425-30. doi: 10.22088/cjim.13.2.425.
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