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Identifying and managing frailty in a Brazil context

De Melo, RC; Cervato, CJ; Aprahamian, I; Gavin, J; Robinson, K; Frost, R; Azevedo, PS; ... Gordon, AL; + view all (2020) Identifying and managing frailty in a Brazil context. JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports , 18 (4) pp. 849-856. 10.11124/jbisrir-d-19-00188. Green open access

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Abstract

Objective: The objective of this review is to scope the evidence on how researchers, health, and social care professionals in Brazil currently identify and manage frailty in older adults. / Introduction: The rapidly aging population and associated increased healthcare usage by older people with frailty are challenging the sustainability of healthcare for older people in Brazil. Understanding how frailty is identified, measured, categorized, and managed in Brazil is an important part of building a response to the challenge. / Inclusion criteria: This scoping review will consider studies that included older Brazilian adults (≥60 years old) recruited from different settings (community, primary care, health care centers, hospital, and long-term care institutions). Studies will be included if they involved any kind of frailty assessment (tools, scales, and measures) and/or interventions. This review will consider all study designs, regardless of their rigor. National policies for older people will be also be considered for analysis. / Methods: Indexed and gray literature in English or Portuguese from 2001 to the present will be considered. The searches will be conducted using bibliographic databases, university repositories, and the Brazilian Government official database. The studies will be independently screened according to the inclusion criteria by two reviewers based on their title, abstract, and full text. In case of disagreement, a third reviewer will be consulted. A customized data extraction form will be used to extract data from the included studies. The results will be presented in tabular form, accompanied by a narrative summary related to the objective of the present scoping review.

Type: Article
Title: Identifying and managing frailty in a Brazil context
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.11124/jbisrir-d-19-00188
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.11124/jbisrir-d-19-00188
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Primary Care and Population Health
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10095120
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