Interventions to prevent or reduce the level of frailty in community-dwelling older adults: A scoping review of the literature and international policies

Findings

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Evidence Summary
Supporting technical documents that are health systems-relevant

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Full-text report

Full-text report (free)
Scientific Abstract

PubMed
Scientific Abstract

Publisher

Recency, quality and context of the findings

Last year literature searched

2016
Year Published

2017
Quality Rating

10/10 (AMSTAR rating from McMaster Health Forum)
Countries in which studies (included in the synthesis) were conducted

Japan (4); USA (3); Spain (2); Taiwan (2); Australia (1); Singapore (1); Sweden (1)
Global/regional focus

Not yet available
Country focus

Japan (4); USA (3); Spain (2); Taiwan (2); Australia (1); Singapore (1); Sweden (1)
Low - and middle-income country (LMIC) focus

Additional details about the research

Type of document

Systematic review of effects
Type of question

Effectiveness
Focus

Specific
Target

Individual
Health system
Priority Area

Not applicable
Health system topic(s)

Delivery arrangements
How care is designed to meet consumers' needs
Culturally appropriate care
Case management
Implementation strategies
Consumer-targeted strategy
Information or education provision
Skills and competencies development
Theme

Optimal aging
Health promotion/primary prevention
Domain

Sectors
Primary care
Home care
Public health

Publication details

Citation

Puts MTE, Toubasi S, Andrew MK, Ashe MC, Ploeg J, Atkinson E, et al. Interventions to prevent or reduce the level of frailty in community-dwelling older adults: A scoping review of the literature and international policies. Age and Ageing. 2017;46(3):383-392.
DOI

10.1093/ageing/afw247

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