Mapping instruments for assessing and stratifying frailty among community-dwelling older people: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To map in the current literature instruments for the assessment and stratification of frailty in community-dwelling older people, as well as to analyse them from the perspective of the Brazilian context.

Design

Scoping review.

Study selection

The selection of studies took place between March and April 2020. Includes electronic databases: Medline, Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences, Scopus, Web of Science and Cumulative Index of Nursing and Literature Health Alliance, in addition to searching grey literature.

Data extraction

A data extraction spreadsheet was created to collect the main information from the studies involved, from the title to the type of assessment and stratification of frailty.

Results

In summary, 17 frai

SUBMITTER: Andrade LEL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8704957 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature