Comparison of instruments for screening frailty in community-dwelling older adults
Andréia Christiane Amâncio Martins,
Brenda Gomes dos Santos,
Marianne Caldeira de Faria Santiago
et al.
Abstract:Objective: To conduct a systematic review of studies that verify the comparison between frailty assessment instruments. Methods: Systematic review conducted between January and March 2023 in an electronic database (LILACS and MEDLINE). For the construction of the search strategies, an adaptation of the acronym PICO was used, where P = population (community-dwelling elderly), I: phenomenon of interest (comparison of frailty by different instruments) and CO = context (Primary Health Care). In the searches, the t… Show more
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