Interventions to prevent or reduce the level of frailty in community-dwelling older adults: a scoping review of the literature and international policies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

frailty impacts older adults' ability to recover from an acute illness, injuries and other stresses. Currently, a systematic synthesis of available interventions to prevent or reduce frailty does not exist. Therefore, we conducted a scoping review of interventions and international policies designed to prevent or reduce the level of frailty in community-dwelling older adults.

Methods and analysis

we conducted a scoping review using the framework of Arksey and O'Malley. We systematically searched articles and grey literature to identify interventions and policies that aimed to prevent or reduce the level of frailty.

Results

fourteen studies were included: 12 randomised controlled trials and 2 cohort studies (mean number of participants 260 (range 51-610)), w

SUBMITTER: Puts MTE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5405756 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature