Frailty identification and management among Brazilian healthcare professionals: a survey
BMC Geriatrics(2024)
Abstract
National and international guidelines on frailty assessment and management recommend frailty screening in older people. This study aimed to determine how Brazilian healthcare professionals (HCPs) identify and manage frailty in practice. An anonymous online survey on the assessment and management of frailty was circulated virtually through HCPs across Brazil. Most of the respondants used non-specific criteria such as gait speed (45
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Key words
Frailty,Frailty criteria,Healthcare professionals,Older people,Survey,Brazil
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