The Implementation of Frailty Assessment Tools in the Acute Care Setting: A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Frailty is a syndrome of increased vulnerability to health stressors that is associated with adverse health outcomes. There is no universally accepted method of measuring frailty, and choosing among the many tools is often confusing for clinicians. Moreover, the acute care setting presents unique challenges to the operationalization of frailty measurement, and implementation into daily clinical practice has been variable. The objective of this scoping review was to map out and synthesize how frailty is being measured and used in the acute care setting.

Methods

We used Arksey and O'Malley's methodological framework for scoping reviews. We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, SCOPUS, and Google Scholar for primary studies assessing frailty in the acute care setting fro

SUBMITTER: Hothi H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12396172 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature