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SynthesisAustralasian journal on ageing2022

A systematic review of frailty education programs for health care professionals.

Nicola Warren, Emily Gordon, Ella Pearson, Dan Siskind, Sarah N Hilmer, Christopher Etherton-Beer, Leila Shafiee Hanjani, Adrienne M Young, Natasha Reid, Ruth E Hubbard

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Synthesis in Australasian journal on ageing, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Nicola WarrenFaculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0805-1182
Emily GordonFaculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Ella PearsonSchool of Biomedical Science, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Dan SiskindFaculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Sarah N HilmerKolling Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney and Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Christopher Etherton-BeerCentre for Health and Ageing, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5148-0188
Leila Shafiee HanjaniFaculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Adrienne M YoungFaculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Natasha ReidFaculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Ruth E HubbardFaculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo identify and examine the reported effectiveness of education programs for health professionals on frailty.

methodsA systematic review was conducted of articles published up to June 2021, examining the evaluation of frailty training or education programs targeting health professionals/students. The participant demographics, program content and structure, effectiveness assessment methodology and outcomes, as well as participant feedback, were recorded with narrative synthesis of results.

resultsThere were nine programs that have evaluated training of health professionals in frailty. These programs varied with respect to intensity, duration, and delivery modality, and targeted a range of health professionals and students. The programs were well-received and found to be effective in increasing frailty knowledge and self-perceived competence in frailty assessment. Common features of successful programs included having multidisciplinary participants, delivering a clinically tailored program and using flexible teaching modalities. Of note, many programs assessed self-perceived efficacy rather than objective changes in patient outcomes.

conclusionsDespite increasing attention on frailty in clinical practice, this systematic review found that there continues to be limited reporting of frailty training programs.

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FrailtyCurriculumFeedbackHealth PersonnelHumanscurriculumeducationfrailtyinterprofessional educationmedicalteaching

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PMID35801297
PMCPMC10084012

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