Knowledge and attitude of healthcare professionals to frailty screening in primary care: a systematic review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Frailty is an increasingly common condition in which physiological decline as a result of accumulated deficits renders older people more vulnerable to adverse outcomes. An increasing range of frailty screening programmes have been introduced in primary care to identify frail older people in order to deliver appropriate interventions. However, limited information on the knowledge and attitude of healthcare professionals (HCPs) with respect to frailty screening is known. The aim of this systematic review is to provide evidence on the knowledge and attitude of HCP in terms of frailty screening, and potentially identify barriers and facilitators to frailty screening to improve implementation of frailty screening in primary care.

Methods/design

A systematic review of

SUBMITTER: Okpechi I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7333811 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature