Prevalence of Frailty in European Emergency Departments (FEED): an international flash mob study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Current emergency care systems are not optimized to respond to multiple and complex problems associated with frailty. Services may require reconfiguration to effectively deliver comprehensive frailty care, yet its prevalence and variation are poorly understood. This study primarily determined the prevalence of frailty among older people attending emergency care.

Methods

This cross-sectional study used a flash mob approach to collect observational European emergency care data over a 24-h period (04 July 2023). Sites were identified through the European Task Force for Geriatric Emergency Medicine collaboration and social media. Data were collected for all individuals aged 65 + who attended emergency care, and for all adults aged 18 + at a subset of sites. Variable

SUBMITTER: European Taskforce on Geriatric Emergency Medicine (ETGEM) collaborators 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10997678 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature