ArticleBMJ open2018
Understanding frailty: a qualitative study of European healthcare policy-makers' approaches to frailty screening and management.
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39 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Knowledge, attitude, and practice of frailty management among clinical nurses: a cross-sectional study.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Understanding frailty: a qualitative study of older heart failure patients' frail experience and perceptions of healthcare professionals with frailty.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
- Unleashing frailty from laboratory into real world: A critical step toward frailty-guided clinical care of older adults.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2024Article
- Atypical and anaplastic meningiomas in the later decades of life: A national cancer database analysis.Acta neurochirurgica · 2024Article
- Multidisciplinary, multicomponent interventions to reduce frailty among older persons in residents of residential care facilities: a scoping review.Systematic reviews · 2024Article
- 'I think we could probably do more': an interview study to explore community pharmacists' experiences and perspectives of frailty and optimising medicines use in frail older adults.Age and ageing · 2024Article
- Core requirements of frailty screening in the emergency department: an international Delphi consensus study.Age and ageing · 2024Article
- The prevalence and predictors of geriatric giants in community-dwelling older adults: a cross-sectional study from the Middle East.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Professional home care providers' conceptualisations of frailty in the context of home care: A focus group study.International journal of older people nursing · 2023Article
- Machine learning models for identifying pre-frailty in community dwelling older adults.BMC geriatrics · 2022Observational
- Development and assessment of an educational intervention to improve the recognition of frailty on an acute care respiratory ward.BMJ open quality · 2022Article
- Frail Older People Ageing in Place in Italy: Use of Health Services and Relationship with General Practitioner.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Protocol for a mixed-methods and multi-site assessment of the implementation process and outcomes of a new community-based frailty programme.BMC geriatrics · 2022Observational
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issuedCorrection:2018
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10 authors.
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Abstract
objectiveTo elicit European healthcare policy-makers' views, understanding and attitudes about the implementation of frailty screening and management strategies and responses to stakeholders' views.
designThematic analysis of semistructured qualitative interviews.
settingEuropean healthcare policy departments.
participantsSeven European healthcare policy-makers representing the European Union (n=2), UK (n=2), Italy (n=1), Spain (n=1) and Poland (n=1). Participants were sourced through professional networks and the European Commission Authentication Service website and were required to be in an active healthcare policy or decision-making role.
resultsSeven themes were identified. Our findings reveal a 'knowledge gap', around frailty and
conclusionsThere is potential for frailty to be managed in a more integrated and person-centred manner, overcoming the challenges associated with niche ownership within the healthcare system. There is also a need to raise its profile and develop a common understanding of its malleability among stakeholders, as well as consistency in how and when it is measured.
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