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Chamberlain H
Chamberlain H
United Kingdom
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Review Article
Understanding Clinical Importance of Frailty and Designing a Frailty Assessment Tool in Acute Hospitals
Author(s): Oo MT, Chan YP, Chamberlain H and Ho SFOo MT, Chan YP, Chamberlain H and Ho SF
Introduction: Managing the acute admission of older patients is a challenge in hospitals. Frail older people represent a larger proportion of acute admissions. Length of inpatient stay, inpatient mortality and the 90-day readmission rate are significant in this group of patients. In order to reduce the risks of adverse outcomes, frailty should be screened using an appropriate assessment tool and these patients must receive a Comprehensive GeriatricAssessment (CGA). Methods: Based on current evidences a frailty screening tool was designed and developed. The tool was validated by means of testing the inter-observer and intra-observer reproducibility. The process of validation was conducted by independent observers who did not provide any contribution in developing this tool. Results: A total of twenty patients were included. Ten pati.. View More»
DOI: 10.4172/2167-7182.1000176