Primary health care professionals' experiences of using the Tilburg Frailty Indicator: an interview study.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

The aim of this study was to explore primary health care professionals' (PHCP) experiences of frailty assessment with the Tilburg Frailty Indicator (TFI) with focus on feasibility aspects.

Background

Primary health care (PHC) is often the first point of contact for older people and assessment of frailty is therefore often recommended in this setting. There is however a lack of awareness of frailty in PHC. The TFI has been proposed as a suitable instrument for frailty assessment in PHC. It consists of 25 questions, where ten questions aim to identify risk factors for frailty and 15 questions assess physical, psychological, and social frailty. There are no previous studies of feasibility aspects of TFI in PHC.

Methods

A qualitative interview study with physicians, n

SUBMITTER: Mazya A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12281041 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature