TY - JOUR
T1 - Frailty in nursing home residents
T2 - a scoping review protocol
AU - De Silva, Thanuja
AU - Ahip, Sally
AU - Theou, Olga
AU - Tufanaru, Catalin
AU - Visvanathan, Renuka
AU - Umapathysivam, Kandiah
PY - 2017/8/1
Y1 - 2017/8/1
N2 - Objectives and Review questions: The overall research objective of this scoping review is to determine the current evidence on frailty in nursing homes. The objectives of the scoping review are to map the following, as reported in international literature: * Fraily tools used in studies on nursing home residents. * Prevalence of frailty in nursing home residents. * Geriatric syndromes (e.g. cognitive impairment, delirium, depression, falls, incontinence, malnutrition and dizziness) associated with frailty in nursing home residents. * Other types of adverse outcomes related to frailty reported. * Diverse treatment modalities of frailty in nursing home residents. The questions for the scoping review are: * What frailty diagnostic tools have been reported in international literature that have been used in studies on nursing home residents? * What prevalence rates of frailty in nursing home residents have been reported in the literature? * What types of geriatric syndromes have been reported in the literature as being associated with frailty? * What other types of adverse outcomes related to frailty have been reported in the literature? * What treatment modalities for frailty have been reported in the literature?
AB - Objectives and Review questions: The overall research objective of this scoping review is to determine the current evidence on frailty in nursing homes. The objectives of the scoping review are to map the following, as reported in international literature: * Fraily tools used in studies on nursing home residents. * Prevalence of frailty in nursing home residents. * Geriatric syndromes (e.g. cognitive impairment, delirium, depression, falls, incontinence, malnutrition and dizziness) associated with frailty in nursing home residents. * Other types of adverse outcomes related to frailty reported. * Diverse treatment modalities of frailty in nursing home residents. The questions for the scoping review are: * What frailty diagnostic tools have been reported in international literature that have been used in studies on nursing home residents? * What prevalence rates of frailty in nursing home residents have been reported in the literature? * What types of geriatric syndromes have been reported in the literature as being associated with frailty? * What other types of adverse outcomes related to frailty have been reported in the literature? * What treatment modalities for frailty have been reported in the literature?
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85054024893&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.11124/JBISRIR-2016-003115
DO - 10.11124/JBISRIR-2016-003115
M3 - Article
C2 - 28800053
VL - 15
SP - 2040
EP - 2046
JO - JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports
JF - JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports
SN - 1838-2142
IS - 8
ER -