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Perspectives of frailty and frailty screening: Protocol for a collaborative knowledge translation approach and qualitative study of stakeholder understandings and experiences

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dc.contributor.authorArchibald, M.
dc.contributor.authorAmbagtsheer, R.
dc.contributor.authorBeilby, J.
dc.contributor.authorChehade, M.
dc.contributor.authorGill, T.
dc.contributor.authorVisvanathan, R.
dc.contributor.authorKitson, A.
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractAccompanying the unprecedented growth in the older adult population worldwide is an increase in the prevalence of frailty, an age-related clinical state of increased vulnerability to stressor events. This increased vulnerability results in lower social engagement and quality of life, increased dependency, and higher rates of morbidity, health service utilization and mortality. Early identification of frailty is necessary to guide implementation of interventions to prevent associated functional decline. Consensus is lacking on how to clinically recognize and manage frailty. It is unknown how healthcare providers and healthcare consumers understand and perceive frailty, whether or not they regard frailty as a public health concern; and information on the indirect and direct experiences of consumer and healthcare provider groups towards frailty are markedly limited.We will conduct a qualitative study of consumer, practice nurse, general practitioner, emergency department physician, and orthopedic surgeons' perspectives of frailty and frailty screening in metropolitan and non-metropolitan South Australia. We will use tailored combinations of semi-structured interviews and arts-based data collection methods depending on each stakeholder group, followed by inductive and iterative analysis of data using qualitative description.Using stakeholder driven approaches to understanding and addressing frailty and frailty screening in context is critical as the prevalence and burden of frailty is likely to increase worldwide. We will use the findings from the Perceptions of Frailty and Frailty Screening study to inform a context-driven identification, implementation and evaluation of a frailty-screening tool; drive awareness, knowledge, and skills development strategies across stakeholder groups; and guide future efforts to embed emerging knowledge about frailty and its management across diverse South Australian contexts using a collaborative knowledge translation approach. Study findings will help achieve a coordinated frailty and healthy ageing strategy with relevance to other jurisdictions in Australia and abroad, and application of the stakeholder driven approach will help illuminate how its applicability to other jurisdictions.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityMandy M. Archibald, Rachel Ambagtsheer, Justin Beilby, Mellick J. Chehade, Tiffany K. Gill, Renuka Visvanathan, and Alison L. Kitson
dc.identifier.citationBMC Geriatrics, 2017; 17(1):87-87
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/s12877-017-0483-7
dc.identifier.issn1471-2318
dc.identifier.issn1471-2318
dc.identifier.orcidArchibald, M. [0000-0003-4767-1031]
dc.identifier.orcidChehade, M. [0000-0001-6931-2393]
dc.identifier.orcidGill, T. [0000-0002-2822-2436]
dc.identifier.orcidVisvanathan, R. [0000-0002-1303-9479]
dc.identifier.orcidKitson, A. [0000-0003-3053-8381]
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/106469
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherBioMed Central
dc.rights© The Author(s). 2017 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-017-0483-7
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectMass Screening
dc.subjectGeriatric Assessment
dc.subjectQualitative Research
dc.subjectResearch Design
dc.subjectQuality of Life
dc.subjectAged
dc.subjectFrail Elderly
dc.subjectAustralia
dc.subjectHealth Status Disparities
dc.subjectHealthcare Disparities
dc.subjectTranslational Medical Research
dc.titlePerspectives of frailty and frailty screening: Protocol for a collaborative knowledge translation approach and qualitative study of stakeholder understandings and experiences
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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