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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