Frost, Rachael;
Robinson, Katie;
Gordon, Adam;
Caldeira de Melo, Ruth;
Villas Boas, Paulo JF;
Azevedo, Paula S;
Hinsliff-Smith, Kathryn;
(2023)
Identifying and Managing Frailty: A Survey of UK Healthcare Professionals.
Journal of Applied Gerontology
10.1177/07334648231206321.
(In press).
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Abstract
Frailty is a common condition that leads to multiple adverse outcomes. Frailty should be identified and managed in a holistic, evidence-based and patient-centered way. We aimed to understand how UK healthcare professionals (HCPs) identify and manage frailty in comparison with UK Fit for Frailty guidelines, their frailty training, their confidence in providing support and organizational pathways for this. An online mixed-methods survey was distributed to UK HCPs supporting older people through professional bodies, special interest groups, key contacts, and social media. From 137 responses, HCPs valued frailty assessment but used a mixture of tools that varied by profession. HCPs felt confident managing frailty and referred older people to a wide range of supportive services, but acknowledged a lack of formalized training opportunities, systems, and pathways for frailty management. Clearer pathways, more training, and stronger interprofessional communication, appropriate to each setting, may further support HCPs in frailty management.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Identifying and Managing Frailty: A Survey of UK Healthcare Professionals |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1177/07334648231206321 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1177/07334648231206321 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
| Keywords: | Ageing, healthcare, geriatrics, older people, frailty, healthcare professionals, online survey What |
| 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/10179812 |
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