Evidence map›Paper›PMID 35734387›Full record

ArticleInternational journal of telerehabilitation2022

Feasibility of Virtual Assessment of Physical Frailty in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: A Single Center, Observational Study.

Manoela de Paula Ferreira, Noori Chowdhury, Lisa Wickerson, Heather Ross, Nazia Selzner, S Joseph Kim, Lianne G Singer, Sunita Mathur

Open access · diamondAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in International journal of telerehabilitation, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 42% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Manoela de Paula FerreiraDepartment of Physical Therapy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Noori ChowdhuryAjmera Transplant Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Lisa WickersonDepartment of Physical Therapy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Heather RossAjmera Transplant Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Nazia SelznerAjmera Transplant Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
S Joseph KimAjmera Transplant Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Lianne G SingerAjmera Transplant Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Sunita MathurDepartment of Physical Therapy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
University Health Network · CAUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objectives: To describe the feasibility of virtual assessments of physical frailty in solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients using a modified Fried Frailty Index (mFFI) and Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB), and to describe the prevalence of frailty 12-months post-transplant using virtual assessment. Methods: Virtual assessments were performed using an e-questionnaire and a video-call for functional tests. Feasibility variables included: internet quality, video-call duration, presence of a companion, and adverse events. Results: 34 SOT recipients, median age 62 (46-67), 76% lung recipients, 47% female, were included. The video-call had a median duration of 12 minutes (10-15 min), without adverse events. A companion was present in 23 (68%) video-call assessments. Fifteen SOT recipients (44%) were classified as pre-frail by the mFFI, and none were frail. Three participants (8.8%) were classified as frail using the SPPB. Conclusion: Virtual frailty assessments can be used as an alternative to in-person assessments in SOT recipients.

Indexed as

COVID-19FrailtyTelehealthTransplantation

Identifiers

PMID35734387
PMCPMC9186907
OpenAlexW4281780754

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.