Protocol of a case-control longitudinal study (fraXity) assessing frailty and complexity among Swiss home service recipients using interRAI-HC assessments.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The early screening of frail individuals and of patients with complex care needs are challenges that countries witnessing population aging face. Homecare nurses are actors of choice in meeting these challenges, yet they need means of identifying frail and complex patients in their routine practice. The fraXity study's aim is to fill this gap by (1) proposing frailty and complexity computation algorithms derived from the interRAI-HC; (2) assessing the predictive validity of the proposed indices with respect to adverse health outcomes; and (3) identifying subgroups of the aged population for whom the early screening of frailty and complexity appears to be most relevant.

Methods

The study will rely on a prospective observational case-control longitudinal study. Three

SUBMITTER: Ludwig C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6683486 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature