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The Risk Instrument for Screening in the Community (RISC) is a brief (2\u20135 min) Likert scale that scores one-year risk of institutionalization, hospitalization and death from low (1\/5) to severe (5\/5).<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Objectives:<\/jats:bold> To externally validate the RISC, scored by general practitioners (GP's), in primary care in Northern Portugal.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Methods:<\/jats:bold> The RISC was translated and culturally adapted to Portuguese. A cohort of 457 older adults (aged \u226565) under active follow-up with their GP's were screened. Outcomes at one-year were recorded. Accuracy was determined from the area under the curve (AUC) of receiver operating curve analysis.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold> The mean age of participants was 75.2 years; 57% were female. The proportion identified as being at maximum risk (RISC scores of 3-5\/5) of institutionalization, hospitalization and death, were 14.9, 52.4 and 38.4%, respectively. At follow-up 2% (10\/431) were institutionalized, 18.6% (84\/451) were hospitalized and 3% (14\/456) died. Those who were institutionalized (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.021), hospitalized (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.012) or dead (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001) at one-year were significantly older. Those living alone were more likely to be institutionalized (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.007). The RISC showed fair accuracy in predicting hospitalization (AUC of 0.62 [95% CI: 0.55\u20130.69]) and good accuracy for Institutionalization (AUC of 0.79 [95% CI: 0.62\u20130.96]) and death (AUC of 0.77 [95% CI: 0.65\u20130.88]).<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Conclusions:<\/jats:bold> The Portuguese version of the RISC accurately predicted institutionalization and death at one-year but like most short screens was less able to predict hospitalization. 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