SynthesisBMC geriatrics2021
Rehabilitation potential in older people living with frailty: a systematic mapping review.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.
- Frailty detection tools in geriatric rehabilitation: a systematic review.European geriatric medicine · 2025Pooled it
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- Appreciating the complexity of frailty and user context in digital health intervention design: A qualitative study with personas.PloS one · 2026Article
- Postacute Discharge Destination and Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events Among Patients With Intracerebral Hemorrhage.Stroke · 2025Article
- Towards a common definition of hospital-acquired deconditioning in adults: a scoping review.BMJ open · 2025Review
- Predictors of 15-year transitions across living and care settings in a population of Swedish older adults.Age and ageing · 2025Article
- Multidisciplinary Inpatient Community Rehabilitation Programmes for Frail Older People: A Scoping Review.Nursing open · 2024Article
- Physical rehabilitation for people with advanced dementia who fracture their hip - expert consensus process.Disability and rehabilitation · 2024Article
- Impact of Frailty on Functional Improvement Following Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: A Japanese Single-Center Experience.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Assessment Tools for the Admission of Older Adults to Inpatient Rehabilitation: A Scoping Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- A non-randomised feasibility study of the Rehabilitation Potential Assessment Tool (RePAT) in frail older people in the acute healthcare setting.BMC geriatrics · 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
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Abstract
backgroundFollowing periods of acute ill-health and injury, older people are frequently assessed and provided with rehabilitation services. Healthcare practitioners are required to make nuanced decisions about which patients are likely to benefit from and respond to rehabilitation. The clinical currency in which these decisions are transacted is through the term "rehabilitation potential". The aim of this study was to explore information about rehabilitation potential in older people to inform the development of an evidence-based assessment tool.
methodsA systematic mapping review was completed to describe the extent of research and the concepts underpinning rehabilitation potential. We searched Medline, CINHAL, EMBASE, AMED, PsycINFO, PEDro, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, ProQuest, Trip and EThOS from inception to December 2020. We included studies which focused on rehabilitation potential and/or assessing for rehabilitation interventions for older people with comorbidities in the hospital and community setting. Reviewer pairs independently screened articles and extracted data against the inclusion criteria. A descriptive narrative approach to analysis was taken.
results13,484 papers were identified and 49 included in the review. Rehabilitation potential was found to encompass two different but interrelated concepts of prognostication and outcome measurement. 1. Rehabilitation potential for prognostication involved the prediction of what could be achieved in programmes of rehabilitation. 2. Rehabilitation potential as an outcome measure retrospectively considered what had been achieved as a result of rehabilitation interventions. Assessments of rehabilitation potential included key domains which were largely assessed by members of the multi-disciplinary team at single time points. Limited evidence was identified which specifically considered rehabilitation potential amongst older people living with frailty.
conclusionsCurrent approaches to rehabilitation potential provide a snapshot of an individual's abilities and conditions which fail to capture the dynamic nature and fluctuations associated with frailty and rehabilitation. New approaches to measures and abilities over time are required which allow for the prognostication of outcomes and potential benefits of rehabilitation interventions for older people living with frailty.
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