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A Feasibility Study of an Investigation into the Factors of Frailty
… A universally acceptable clinical definition of frailty has not been established to date: remaining elusive and is in need of description and analysis (Karunananthan et al, 2009).<br/><br/>This feasibility study explored the ability to examine the physical, social and cognitive factors of frailty …
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How valid and useful is a locally-developed frailty tool for joint decision-making by patients, families and clinicians?
… treatment, has created a need to understand what frailty looks like, how it can be measured, and whether this knowledge can help clinicians and patients arrive at informed treatment decisions. A frailty tool, Frail CHeC, was developed at a regional hospital. It aims to provide a quick method of …