Practical lessons in implementing frailty assessments for hospitalised patients with COPD

BMJ Open Qual. 2020 Jan;9(1):e000782. doi: 10.1136/bmjoq-2019-000782.

Authors

Melanie Chin^{1

2

3}, Nha Voduc^{1

3}, Shirley Huang^{3

4}, Alan Forster^{2

3}, Sunita Mulpuru^{5

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Respirology, The Ottawa Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
² Clinical Epidemiology Program, The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
³ Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, The Ottawa Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Division of Geriatric Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁵ Division of Respirology, The Ottawa Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada smulpuru@toh.ca.

No abstract available

Keywords: chronic disease management; clinical decision-making; health services research; healthcare quality improvement.

MeSH terms

Activities of Daily Living
Aged
Frail Elderly / psychology*
Frailty*
Hospitalization / statistics & numerical data
Humans
Length of Stay / statistics & numerical data
Nursing Assessment*
Nursing Staff, Hospital / education*
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / complications*
Risk Factors
Surveys and Questionnaires