Key result
Although healthcare professionals widely agreed that frailty should inform perioperative care, only 17.5% reported always using a frailty assessment tool, with lack of knowledge cited as a primary barrier.
Population
n=49 healthcare professionals caring for patients enrolled in the Elder-friendly Approaches to the Surgical…
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Frailty assessment remains underused despite agreement on its value; leaves open whether education or system changes increase adoption.
Cross-Sectional (n=49)
No
Despite recognizing the importance of frailty in perioperative care, healthcare professionals rarely use formal frailty assessment tools in practice, primarily due to a lack of knowledge and institutional barriers.
Eamer et al. (2017) conducted a cross-sectional in Healthcare professionals' perceptions of surgical frailty assessment (n=49). Frailty assessment in perioperative care was evaluated on Proportion of respondents who always use a frailty assessment tool to assess patients. Although healthcare professionals widely agreed that frailty should inform perioperative care, only 17.5% reported always using a frailty assessment tool, with lack of knowledge cited as a primary barrier.
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