Perspectives of older adults, caregivers, and healthcare providers on frailty screening: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Screening is an important component of understanding and managing frailty. This study examined older adults', caregivers' and healthcare providers' perspectives on frailty and frailty screening. METHODS:Fourteen older adults and caregivers and 14 healthcare providers completed individual or focus group interviews. Interviews were audio recorded, transcribed verbatim, and analyzed using line-by-line emergent coding techniques and inductive thematic analysis. RESULTS:The interviews yielded several themes with associated subthemes: definitions and conceptualizations of frailty, perceptions of "frail", factors contributing to frailty (physical,, cognitive, social, pharmaceutical, nutritional), and frailty screening (current practices, tools in use, limitations, recommendations). CON

SUBMITTER: Van Damme J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7027098 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature