Obtaining the patient’s perspective on frailty: a mini-review of qualitative studies

Abstract

There is a small, but growing, evidence base on obtaining the patient’s perspective on frailty, which can help guide future research and clinical management strategies. This mini-review provides a brief summary of some qualitative studies on the patient’s perspective on frailty with a focus on the study design and emerging findings to date. We reviewed seven studies in total, examining how they approached the research question and their main findings. We provide a suggestions and considerations for future research on this topic.

Keywords

• Frailty
• Qualitative research
• Study design