The Implementation of Frailty Assessment Tools in Acute Care: A Scoping Review
Journal: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
DOI: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40088041/
Key Findings:
- Common Tools: Frailty Index (41%), Clinical Frailty Scale (23%), Fried Frailty Phenotype (9%).
- Multiple Tool Usage: 11% of studies used more than one assessment method.
- Purpose: 99.6% linked frailty to outcomes; only 0.4% examined adapting care strategies.
Conclusion: There is an abundance of evidence demonstrating that frailty in acute care is associated with adverse health outcomes, with relatively scarce evidence on the effect of frailty assessment on prospectively adapting care. Future research focusing on the prospective management of frailty in acute care is needed.
