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OUTREACH LIBRARIAN SERVICE
August 2011 - EVIDENCE UPDATE:
Frailty
This fact sheet provides a 2011 overview of recent evidence relevant to “assessing, managing frailty” and
“admission avoidance and frail elderly patients” in hospitals and information on how the “Outreach Librarian
Service” can support you to keep up-to-date.
Selected evidence
Care and Compassion? Ombudsman Report 15th February 2011
www.ombudsman.org.uk/care-and-compassion/home
Articles
Abadir PM
The frail renin-angiotensin system
Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, February 2011: 27(1) 53-65
Available in fulltext through your personal Athens account.
Aggar C, Ronaldson S & Cameron I
Reactions to caregiving in frailty research
Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, September - October 2011: 53(2) e138-143
Audisio RA & van Leeuwen B
When reporting on older patients with cancer, frailty information is needed
Annals of Surgical Oncology, January 2011:18(1) 4-5
Buurman BM, van Munster BC, Korevaar JC, de Haan RJ & de Rooij SE
Variability in measuring (instrumental) activities of daily living functioning and functional decline in
hospitalized older medical patients: a systematic review
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, June 2011: 64(6) 619-27
Available in fulltext through your personal Athens account.
Crome P & Lally F
Frailty: joining the giants
CMAJ Canadian Medical Association Journal, May 2011: 183(8) 889-90
Ellis G, Whitehead MA, O'Neill D, Langhorne P & Robinson D
Comprehensive geriatric assessment for older adults admitted to hospital
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2011: 7
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Hanlon JT, Sloane RJ, Pieper CF & Schmader KE
Association of adverse drug reactions with drug-drug and drug-disease interactions in frail older
outpatients
Age & Ageing, March 2011: 40(2) 274-7
Heckman GA
Integrated care for the frail elderly
Healthcarepapers, 2011: 11/1 62(8) (discussion 86-91)
Hilmer SN, Tran K, Rubie P, Wright J, Gnjidic D & Mitchell SJ
Gentamicin pharmacokinetics in old age and frailty
British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, February 2011: 71(2) 224-31
Jakobsson U, Kristensson J, Hallberg IR & Midlov P
Psychosocial perspectives on health care utilization among frail elderly people: an explorative
study
Archives of Gerontology & Geriatrics, May 2011: 52(3) 290-4
Ko FC
The clinical care of frail, older adults
Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, 2011: 27(1) 89-100
Available in fulltext through your personal Athens account.
Kwok, BC, Manum K. Chandran M & Wong CH
Evaluation of the Frails' Fall Efficacy by Comparing Treatments (EFFECT) on reducing fall and fear
of fall in moderately frail older adults: study protocol for a randomised control trial
Trials, June 2011: 12, 155
Lamoth CJ, van Deudekom FJ, van Campen JP, Appels BA & de Vries OJ
Gait stability and variability measures show effects of impaired cognition and dual tasking in frail
people
Journal of Neuroengineering & Rehabilitation, 2011: 8(2)
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Lee SJ & Eng C
Goals of glycemic control in frail older patients with diabetes
JAMA, April 2011: 305(13) 1350-1
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Leslie WS
Improving the dietary intake of frail older people
Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, May 2011: 70(2) 263-7
McGeorge SJ
Unravelling the differences between complexity and frailty in old age: findings from a
constructivist grounded theory study
Journal of Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing, February 2011: 18(1) 67-73
McLachlan AJ, Bath S, Naganathan V, Hilmer SN, Le Couteur DG & Gibson SL
Clinical pharmacology of analgesic medicines in older people: impact of frailty and cognitive
impairment
British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2011: 71(3)
McMinn J, Steel C & Bowman A
Investigation and management of unintentional weight loss in older adults
BMJ, 2011:342(1732)
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Mallery LH & Moorhouse P
Respecting frailty
Journal of Medical Ethics, February 2011: 37(2) 126-8
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Mallery L, Hubbard RE, Moorhouse P, Koller K & Eeles EM
Specialist physician approaches to discussing cardiopulmonary resuscitation for frail older adults:
a qualitative study
Journal of Palliative Care, 2011: 27(1) 12-9
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Monsen KA, Westra BL, Oancea SC, Yu F & Kerr MJ
Linking home care interventions and hospitalization outcomes for frail and non-frail elderly
patients
Research in Nursing & Health, April 2011: 34(2) 160-8
Morley JE
Should frailty be treated with testosterone?
Aging Male, March 2011:14(1)1-3
Polidoro A, Dornbusch T, Vestri A, Di Bona S & Alessandri C
Frailty and disability in the elderly: a diagnostic dilemma
Archives of Gerontology & Geriatrics, March 2011: 52/2 e75-8
Puts MTE, Monette J, Girre V, Wolfson C, Monette M & Batist G
A pilot study on frailty, health and functioning in older newly-diagnosed cancer patients, what have
we learned?
Journal of Geriatric Oncology, 8 May 2011
Rockwood K & Mitnitski A
Frailty defined by deficit accumulation and geriatric medicine defined by frailty
Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, 2011: 27(1)
Rolland Y, Dupuy C, Abellan van Kan G. Gillete S & Vellas B
Treatment strategies for sarcopenia and frailty
The Medical Clinics of North America, 2011: 95(3) 427-38
Romero-Ortuno R, Cogan L, Foran T, Kenny RA & Fan CW
Continuous noninvasive orthostatic blood pressure measurements and their relationship with
orthostatic intolerance, falls, and frailty in older people
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, April 2011: 59/4 655-65
Available in fulltext through your personal Athens account.
Roy CN
Anemia in frailty
Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, February 2011: 27(1) 67-78
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Soles GL & Tornetta P
Multiple trauma in the elderly: new management perspectives
Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma, June 2011: 25 Suppl.1: S61-5
Tajar A, O'Connell MD, Mitnitski AB, O'Neill TW, Searle SD & Huhtaniemi IT
Frailty in relation to variations in hormone levels of the hypothalamic-pituitary-testicular axis in
older men: results from the European male aging study
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, May 2011: 59/5 814-21
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Vernooij-Dassen M, Leatherman S & Rikkert MO
Quality of care in frail older people: the fragile balance between receiving and giving
BMJ, 2011: 342 (403)
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de Vries NM, Staal JB, van Ravensberg CD, Hobbelen JS & Olde Rikkert MG
Outcome instruments to measure frailty: a systematic review
Ageing Research Reviews, January 2011: 10(1)104-14
Weiss CO
Frailty and chronic diseases in older adults
Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, February 2011: 27(1) 39-52
Available in fulltext through your personal Athens account.
How can I help you?
Literature search service
I can offer an expert, in-depth literature search service to help you locate the evidence on any health related topic.
Training
If you want to learn to navigate the wealth of available online healthcare information and how to search databases
more effectively, the ‘Trust trainer’ can offer timetabled hands-on training sessions or can provide customised one-
to-one support. Telephone: 0121 424 0583 or email: [email protected]
Current awareness services
If you need to keep up-to-date on a particular topic I can advise on suitable RSS feeds and help you set up article
alerts from the major healthcare databases.
Online resources
Whilst many good quality resources are freely available, most full-text journals and the main bibliographic databases
(e.g. Medline and CINAHL) require an Athens username and password. To register for an Athens login go to
The Library web pages contain detailed information about library services and training opportunities, online request
and registration forms and several guides on key online resources and evidence-based websites at
Contact
The Outreach Librarian is located in the education centre at Heartlands Hospital, on the first floor, next to the Library.
Telephone 0121 424 2503 (42503) or email: [email protected]
