TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) of the Short Functional Geriatric Evaluation (SFGE) to assess the multidimensionality of frailty in community-dwelling older adults
JO  - International journal of environmental research and public health
A1  - Liotta, Giuseppe
A1  - Lorusso, Grazia
A1  - Madaro, Olga
A1  - Formosa, Valeria
A1  - Gialloreti, Leonardo Emberti
A1  - Donnoli, Clara
A1  - Riccardi, Fabio
A1  - Orlando, Stefano
A1  - Scarcella, Paola
A1  - Apóstolo, Joao
A1  - Silva, Rosa
A1  - Dantas, Carina
A1  - van Staalduinen, Willeke
A1  - De Luca, Vincenzo
A1  - Illario, Maddalena
A1  - Gentili, Susanna
A1  - Palombi, Leonardo
SP  - e4129
EP  - e4129
VL  - 20
IS  - 5
N2  - The Short Functional Geriatric Evaluation (SFGE) is a multidimensional and short questionnaire to assess biopsychosocial frailty in older adults. This paper aims to clarify the latent factors of SFGE. Data were collected from January 2016 to December 2020 from 8800 community-dwelling older adults participating in the "Long Live the Elderly!" program. Social operators administered the questionnaire through phone calls. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was carried out to identify the quality of the structure of the SFGE. Principal component analysis was also performed. According to the SFGE score, 37.7% of our sample comprised robust, 24.0% prefrail, 29.3% frail, and 9.0% very frail individuals. Using the EFA, we identified three main factors: psychophysical frailty, the need for social and economic support, and the lack of social relationships. The Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin measure of sampling adequacy was 0.792, and Bartlett's test of sphericity had a statistically significant result (p-value < 0.001). The three constructs that emerged explain the multidimensionality of biopsychosocial frailty. The SFGE score, 40% of which is social questions, underlines the crucial relevance of the social domain in determining the risk of adverse health outcomes in community-dwelling older adults.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1661-7827
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20054129
ID  - ref1
ER  -