Designing a nurse-led assessment and care planning intervention to support frail older people in primary care: An e-Delphi study.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To identify and establish expert consensus on important and feasible components of a nurse-led, comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA)-based intervention for community-dwelling older people who live with frailty.

Design

A three-round modified e-Delphi survey.

Methods

An expert panel of 33 UK specialist older people's, primary and community care nurses participated in the three-round e-Delphi survey over a 12-month period in 2017-2018. Data from round 1 were analysed using content analysis. Descriptive statistics were used in the subsequent two rounds to demonstrate convergence of panel opinion and consensus.

Results

In round 1, experts proposed 30 CGA components that were combined with six additional components from a literature review and clustered into

SUBMITTER: Lyndon H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9291776 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature