Theme | Sub-theme |
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Knowledge about frailty | The knowledge levels about frailty were inconsistent |
Frailty information was mainly obtained from work-related activities | |
Frailty is characterized as loss of physiologic reserves | |
Frailty is generally but not necessarily age-related | |
Frailty dimensions includes not only physical, but also cognitive and psychosocial conditions | |
Perceived importance of frailty and frailty screening | Frailty is important in the context of the increasing aging population and proportion of older patients in hospital |
Frailty screening helps to identify those patients at higher risk of adverse clinical outcomes | |
Patients with frailty requires modified treatment and/or more intensive clinical care to achieve better outcomes | |
Frailty screening provides information for decision making and prognosis estimation | |
Barriers and facilitators to frailty screening, frailty management and implementation of frailty screening | Cooperation from patient/caregivers |
Acceptance from healthcare workers/hospital managers | |
Dedicated resources | |
Guidelines for frailty management | |
Uniform scope of measurement among specialties |