Review question/objective: The aim of this systematic review is to comprehensively search the available literature and to summarize the best available evidence from systematic reviews in relation to published screening tools to identify pre-frailty and frailty in older adults, that is: (i) to determine their psychometric proprieties; (ii) to assess their capacity to detect pre-frail and frail conditions against established methods; and (iii) to evaluate their predictive ability. More specifically, the review will focus on the following questions: * What is the reliability and validity of existing screening tools that assess pre-frailty/frailty in older patients? * How sensitive and specific are pre-frailty/frailty assessment tools in identifying patients with poor prognosis? * What is the ability of available pre-frailty/frailty assessment tools to predict adverse health outcomes such as functional disability, hospitalization, institutionalization, comorbidities and death?

Predicting risk and outcomes for frail older adults: a protocol for an umbrella review of available frailty screening tools

M. Marcucci;M. Marcucci;
2015-01-01

Abstract

Review question/objective: The aim of this systematic review is to comprehensively search the available literature and to summarize the best available evidence from systematic reviews in relation to published screening tools to identify pre-frailty and frailty in older adults, that is: (i) to determine their psychometric proprieties; (ii) to assess their capacity to detect pre-frail and frail conditions against established methods; and (iii) to evaluate their predictive ability. More specifically, the review will focus on the following questions: * What is the reliability and validity of existing screening tools that assess pre-frailty/frailty in older patients? * How sensitive and specific are pre-frailty/frailty assessment tools in identifying patients with poor prognosis? * What is the ability of available pre-frailty/frailty assessment tools to predict adverse health outcomes such as functional disability, hospitalization, institutionalization, comorbidities and death?
2015
diagnostic test accuracy
frail elderly
frailty
pre-frailty
predictive ability
reliability and validity
screening
aged
aged
80 and over
geriatric assessment
humans
mass screening
psychometrics
reproducibility of results
research design
risk
frail elderly
review literature as topic
diagnostic test accuracy
frail elderly
frailty
pre-frailty
predictive ability
reliability and validity
screening
aged
aged
80 and over
geriatric assessment
humans
mass screening
psychometrics
reproducibility of results
research design
risk
frail elderly
review literature as topic
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