Developing a sensor-based mobile application for in-home frailty assessment: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Frailty syndrome disproportionately affects older people, including 15% of non-nursing home population, and is known to be a strong predictor of poor health outcomes. There is a growing interest in incorporating frailty assessment into research and clinical practice, which may provide an opportunity to improve in home frailty assessment and improve doctor patient communication.

Methods

We conducted focus groups discussions to solicit input from older adult care recipients (non-frail, pre-frail, and frail), their informal caregivers, and medical providers about their preferences to tailor a mobile app to measure frailty in the home using sensor based technologies. Focus groups were recorded, transcribed, and analyzed thematically.

Results

We identified three

SUBMITTER: Blinka MD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7863502 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature