Background: Preventing dependency is a public health objective. We want to evaluate the ability of the “, Zulfiqar Frailty Scale”,(ZFS) tool to detect frailty as defined by Fried's criteria among a group of patients aged 75 and older. Methods: Prospective study conducted in Poitou-Charentes (France) for 12 months on patients aged 75 and over and considered autonomous in terms of the ADL scale. To be eligible, the patients could not reside in a nursing home and needed an ADL score of 4 or higher. Results: Among the group of 200 patients (with a mean age of 81. 4 years, +/-4. 82), the prevalence of frailty according to Fried's criteria was 32. 5%. The prevalence of frailty according to the “, Zulfiqar Frailty Scale”,tool was 35. 0% and all items except home confinement were significantly associated with frailty. With this tool, the threshold for identifying frailty was 3 out of 6 criteria. It was quick (average completion time of 2 minutes and 2 seconds) with a sensitivity score of 88. 0% and a negative predictive value of 91. 0%. Conclusion: The “, Zulfiqar Frailty Scale”,tool measures frailty just as effectively as Fried’, s criteria, with sensitivity and negative predictive values no lower than the latter.