Frailty and pain in an acute private hospital: an observational point prevalence study.

ABSTRACT: Frailty and pain in hospitalised patients are associated with adverse clinical outcomes. However, there is limited data on the associations between frailty and pain in this group of patients. Understanding the prevalence, distribution and interaction of frailty and pain in hospitals will help to determine the magnitude of this association and assist health care professionals to target interventions and develop resources to improve patient outcomes. This study reports the point prevalence concurrence of frailty and pain in adult patients in an acute hospital. A point prevalence, observational study of frailty and pain was conducted. All adult inpatients (excluding high dependency units) at an acute, private, 860-bed metropolitan hospital were eligible to participate. Frailty was assessed us

SUBMITTER: Saunders R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9971208 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature