[HTML][HTML] Prevalence and outcomes of frailty in unplanned hospital admissions: a systematic review and meta-analysis of hospital-wide and general (internal) medicine …

EL Boucher, JM Gan, PM Rothwell, S Shepperd… - …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Guidelines recommend routine frailty screening for all hospitalised older adults
to inform care decisions, based mainly on studies in elective or speciality-specific settings …

A classification tree to assist with routine scoring of the Clinical Frailty Scale

O Theou, MU Pérez-Zepeda, AM van der Valk… - Age and …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) was originally developed to summarise
a Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment and yield a care plan. Especially since COVID-19 …

A systematic review of frailty education programs for health care professionals

N Warren, E Gordon, E Pearson… - … Journal on Ageing, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To identify and examine the reported effectiveness of education programs for
health professionals on frailty. Methods A systematic review was conducted of articles …

Frailty knowledge, training and barriers to frailty management: A national cross‐sectional survey of health professionals in Australia

L Shafiee Hanjani, S Fox, RE Hubbard… - … Journal on Ageing, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Objective (s) To understand Australian health professionals' perceptions of their
knowledge and previous training about frailty, as well as barriers to frailty assessment and …

[HTML][HTML] Frailty as a growing challenge for anesthesiologists–results of a Dutch national survey

A Bouwhuis, CE van den Brom, SA Loer, CSE Bulte - BMC anesthesiology, 2021 - Springer
Background Frailty is a multidimensional condition characterized by loss of functional
reserve, which results in increased vulnerability to adverse outcomes following surgery …

Validity of a video-analysis-based app to detect prefrailty or frailty plus sarcopenia syndromes in community-dwelling older adults: Diagnostic accuracy study

A Montemurro, JJ Rodríguez-Juan… - Digital …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives Sarcopenia and frailty have been associated with an increased risk of suffering
health-related adverse events but the combination of both conditions results in worse health …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring the Challenges of Frailty in Medical Education

R Winter, GME Pearson - The Journal of Frailty & Aging, 2023 - Springer
Frailty is common, and medical students and doctors across all specialties will look after
patients with frailty. The General Medical Council requires UK medical schools to teach and …

Feasibility of frailty screening among patients with advanced heart failure

HR Lehto, N Jain, RE Bernacki… - BMJ Open …, 2023 - bmjopenquality.bmj.com
Background Frailty is common among patients with advanced heart failure (HF), and
screening for frailty to guide care is recommended. Although multiple tools are available to …

[HTML][HTML] Frailty knowledge, use of screening tools, and educational challenges in emergency Departments in Ireland: a multisite survey

E Moloney, MR O'Donovan, D Sezgin… - Journal of Emergency …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Recognizing frailty and providing evidenced-based management in busy
emergency departments is challenging. Understanding the knowledge and educational …

[HTML][HTML] Older adults identified as frail by Frailty Index and FRAIL scale who were intensively treated for hypertension were at increased risk of 2-year adverse health …

P O'Donoghue, A O'Halloran, RA Kenny… - HRB Open …, 2022 - hrbopenresearch.org
Background: Frailty is associated with adverse health outcomes. In frail older adults, blood
pressure (BP) treated intensively may result in adverse events. We hypothesised that frail …