Feasibility and acceptability of commonly used screening instruments to identify frailty among community-dwelling older people: a mixed methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Frailty exposes older people to an elevated risk of a range of negative outcomes. Emerging evidence that frailty can be effectively treated within community settings has stimulated calls for more proactive screening within primary care. Assessing feasibility is a critical preliminary step in assessing the efficacy of interventions such as screening. However, few studies have explored the feasibility and acceptability of administering frailty screening instruments within general practice, and even fewer have incorporated patient perspectives. Our study had three objectives: To 1) assess overall feasibility of the instruments (completion time and rate); 2) assess patient acceptability towards the instruments; and 3) assess the feasibility and acceptability of the instrumen

SUBMITTER: Ambagtsheer RC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7178952 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature