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The Hospital Frailty Risk Score (HFRS) applied to primary data: protocol for a systematic review
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Bronwen Warner,
Rhiannon Owen ,
Abir Mukherjee,
Thomas Gilbert,
Simon Conroy
BMJ Open, Volume: 12, Issue: 10, Start page: e065499
Swansea University Author:
Rhiannon Owen
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DOI (Published version): 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-065499
Abstract
Introduction Frailty is characterised by vulnerability to adverse health outcomes and increases with age. Many frailty risk scores have been developed. One important example is the Hospital Frailty Risk Score (HFRS) which has the potential to be widely used and automatically calculated which will pr...
| Published in: | BMJ Open |
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| ISSN: | 2044-6055 2044-6055 |
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BMJ
2022
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa71451 |
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Introduction Frailty is characterised by vulnerability to adverse health outcomes and increases with age. Many frailty risk scores have been developed. One important example is the Hospital Frailty Risk Score (HFRS) which has the potential to be widely used and automatically calculated which will provide accurate assessment of frailty in a time/cost-effective manner. This systematic review, therefore, seeks to describe the HFRS use since its publication in 2018.Methods and analysis The proposed systematic review will follow the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. We will include published original peer-reviewed articles, preprints, conference proceedings and letters to the editor reporting primary data where there is an English language abstract available from 1 January 2018 to 30 June 2022. Databases to be searched are MEDLINE, EMBASE and Web of Science. Additional studies from, for example, the reference of the included studies will be identified and assessed for potential inclusion. Two independent reviewers will perform and assess the following: (1) eligibility of the included studies, (2) critical appraisal using the Cochrane Risk of Bias in Non-randomized Studies of Interventions tool, and (3) data extraction using a predefined form. Disagreements will be resolved through discussions or by involvement of a third reviewer. It may be possible to undertake a meta-analysis if there are sufficient studies reporting effect measures in homogenous populations and/or settings. Effect sizes will be calculated using meta-analysis methods and expressed as risk ratios or ORs with 95% CIs.Ethics and dissemination No ethical approval is required for this systematic review as it will use secondary data only. The results of the systematic review will be submitted for publication in recognised peer-reviewed journals related to frailty and geriatric care and will be widely disseminated through conferences, congresses, seminars, symposia and scientific meetings. |
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Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences |
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King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (KSAU- HS). |
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10 |
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e065499 |