Understanding the implementation of interventions to improve the management of frailty in primary care: a rapid realist review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Identifying and managing the needs of frail people in the community is an increasing priority for policy makers. We sought to identify factors that enable or constrain the implementation of interventions for frail older persons in primary care.

Design

A rapid realist review.

Data sources

Cochrane Library, SCOPUS and EMBASE, and grey literature. The search was conducted in September 2019 and rerun on 8 January 2022.

Eligibility criteria for selecting studies

We considered all types of empirical studies describing interventions targeting frailty in primary care.

Analysis

We followed the Realist and Meta-narrative Evidence Syntheses: Evolving Standards quality and publication criteria for our synthesis to systematically analyse and synthesise the

SUBMITTER: Alharbi K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9161080 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature