Family conferences and shared prioritisation to improve patient safety in the frail elderly (COFRAIL): study protocol of a cluster randomised intervention trial in primary care
Abstract Background Frailty in elderly patients is associated with an increased risk of poor health outcomes, including falls, delirium, malnutrition, hospitalisation, and mortality. Because polypharmacy is recognised as a possible major contributor to the pathogenesis of geriatric frailty, reducing...
Main Authors: | Achim Mortsiefer, Stefan Wilm, Sara Santos, Susanne Löscher, Anja Wollny, Eva Drewelow, Manuela Ritzke, Petra Thürmann, Nina-Kristin Mann, Gabriele Meyer, Jens Abraham, Andrea Icks, Joseph Montalbo, Birgitt Wiese, Attila Altiner, on behalf of the COFRAIL study group |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-03-01
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Series: | Trials |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13063-020-4182-x |
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