Journal article
Predicting risk and outcomes for frail older adults: a protocol for an umbrella review of available frailty screening tools
Abstract
Review question/objective The aim of this systematic review is to comprehensively search the available literature and to summarize the best available evidence from systematic reviews in relation to published screening tools to identify pre‐frailty and frailty in older adults, that is: (i) to determine their psychometric proprieties; (ii) to assess their capacity to detect pre‐frail and frail conditions against established methods; and (iii) to …
Authors
Apóstolo J; Cooke R; BobrowiczCampos E; Santana S; Marcucci M; Cano A; Vollenbroek M; Holland C
Journal
JBI Evidence Synthesis, Vol. 13, No. 12, pp. 14–24
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
December 2015
DOI
10.11124/jbisrir-2015-2468
ISSN
1838-2142