The opinions and experiences of nurses on frailty screening among older hospitalized patients. An exploratory study
| العنوان: | The opinions and experiences of nurses on frailty screening among older hospitalized patients. An exploratory study |
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| المؤلفون: | Monique F. M. T. Du Moulin, Marjolein van Lottum, Jos M. G. A. Schols, Erik van Rossum, Ron M. J. Warnier, Gertrudis I. J. M. Kempen |
| المساهمون: | RS: CAPHRI - R1 - Ageing and Long-Term Care, Health Services Research, MUMC+: MA Alg Onderzoek Interne Geneeskunde (9), Family Medicine |
| المصدر: | BMC Geriatrics BMC Geriatrics, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2021) BMC Geriatrics, 21(1):624. BioMed Central Ltd |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | medicine.medical_specialty, FEASIBILITY, Hospitalized patients, medicine.medical_treatment, Frail Elderly, Exploratory research, HAZARDS, Nurses, Nurses opinions, Nursing care, medicine, Humans, Mass Screening, Aged, TOOLS, RISK, Rehabilitation, Hospitalized older patients, Frailty, business.industry, Research, RC952-954.6, CARE, Additional research, Hospitals, Summative assessment, Attitude, Geriatrics, Family medicine, RELIABILITY, Delirium, Training needs, Frailty screening, Geriatrics and Gerontology, medicine.symptom, business |
| الوصف: | Background Routine screening for frailty at admission by nurses may be useful to detect geriatric risks and problems at an early stage. However, the added value of this screening is not clear yet. Information about the opinions and attitudes of nurses towards this screening is also lacking. As they have a crucial role in conducting this screening, an exploratory study was performed to examine hospital nurses’ opinions and perspectives about this screening and how it influences their daily work. Methods A qualitative, exploratory approach was employed, using semi-structured interviews with 13 nurses working on different general medical wards (surgical and internal medicine) in three Dutch hospitals. Frailty screening had been implemented for several years in these hospitals. Results The participating nurses reported that frailty screening can be useful to structure their work, create more awareness of frail older patients and as starting point for pro-active nursing care. At the same time, they assess their clinical view as more important than the results of a standard screening tool. The nurses hardly used the overall screening scores, but were particularly interested in information regarding specific items, such as delirium or fall risk. Screening results are partly embedded systematically and in daily nursing care, e.g., in team briefings or during transfer of patients to other wards. The majority of the nurses had received little training about the background of frailty screening and the use of screening tools. Conclusions Most nurses stated that frailty screening tools are helpful in daily practice. However, nurses did not use the frailty screening tools in the referred way; tools were particularly used to evaluate patients on separate items of the tool instead of the summative score of the tool. When frailty screening tools are implemented in daily practice, training needs to be focused on. Additional research in this field is necessary to gain more insight into nurses’ opinions on frailty screening. |
| تدمد: | 1471-2318 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::154bfec1c69a40bdd9f25d2218d3b53bTest https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34732153Test |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....154bfec1c69a40bdd9f25d2218d3b53b |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 14712318 |
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