Evaluation of the organisational, economic and acceptability conditions conducive to use of a pack for detecting frailty in elderly people:
Partners in the project
MADoPA was commissioned by Carsat Nord-Est (the North-East branch of France’s Pensions and Occupational Health Fund) for a period of 24 months (January 2012 – December 2013) to carry out an evaluation of a pack for detecting frailty in elderly people, designed by the University of Technology of Troyes (UTT).
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The frailty detection pack
The frailty detection pack designed by the UTT is based on Linda Fried’s five indicators of frailty, to which balance has been added as a criterion. Each of the five indicators of frailty, plus balance, is measured by means of the technology systems included in the pack. This results in a score and establishes the state of frailty of the elderly person concerned as non-frail (no frailty indicators), pre-frail (1 or 2 frailty indicators), or frail (3 or more frailty indicators).
| Criteria | UTT systems |
| Grip strength | Grip ball; vigorimeter |
| Unintentional weight loss | Smart body scales (BQT) |
| Feeling of exhaustion | Questionnaire (+ grip ball) |
| Physical activity | Questionnaire |
| Walking speed | Doppler (instant speed) |
| + Degree of balance | Smart body scales (BQT) |
MADoPA’s role
The evaluation that MADoPA has been asked to carry out by CARSART Nord-Est consists in determining the organisational, economic and acceptability factors conducive to use of the pack:
- by social workers tasked by Carsat with assessing the needs of elderly people living at home
- by general practitioners