Alison Cowley
Rehabilitation potential in older people living with frailty: a systematic mapping review
Cowley, Alison; Goldberg, Sarah E.; Gordon, Adam L.; Logan, Pip A.
Authors
Sarah E. Goldberg
Adam L. Gordon
PIP LOGAN pip.logan@nottingham.ac.uk
Professor of Rehabilitation Research
Abstract
Background: Following periods of acute ill-health and injury, older people are frequently assessed and provided with rehabilitation services. Healthcare practitioners are required to make nuanced decisions about which patients are likely to benefit from and respond to rehabilitation. The clinical currency in which these decisions are transacted is through the term “rehabilitation potential”. The aim of this study was to explore information about rehabilitation potential in older people to inform the development of an evidence-based assessment tool. Methods: A systematic mapping review was completed to describe the extent of research and the concepts underpinning rehabilitation potential. We searched Medline, CINHAL, EMBASE, AMED, PsycINFO, PEDro, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, ProQuest, Trip and EThOS from inception to December 2020. We included studies which focused on rehabilitation potential and/or assessing for rehabilitation interventions for older people with comorbidities in the hospital and community setting. Reviewer pairs independently screened articles and extracted data against the inclusion criteria. A descriptive narrative approach to analysis was taken. Results: 13,484 papers were identified and 49 included in the review. Rehabilitation potential was found to encompass two different but interrelated concepts of prognostication and outcome measurement. 1. Rehabilitation potential for prognostication involved the prediction of what could be achieved in programmes of rehabilitation. 2. Rehabilitation potential as an outcome measure retrospectively considered what had been achieved as a result of rehabilitation interventions. Assessments of rehabilitation potential included key domains which were largely assessed by members of the multi-disciplinary team at single time points. Limited evidence was identified which specifically considered rehabilitation potential amongst older people living with frailty. Conclusions: Current approaches to rehabilitation potential provide a snapshot of an individual’s abilities and conditions which fail to capture the dynamic nature and fluctuations associated with frailty and rehabilitation. New approaches to measures and abilities over time are required which allow for the prognostication of outcomes and potential benefits of rehabilitation interventions for older people living with frailty.
Citation
Cowley, A., Goldberg, S. E., Gordon, A. L., & Logan, P. A. (2021). Rehabilitation potential in older people living with frailty: a systematic mapping review. BMC Geriatrics, 21(1), Article 533. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-021-02498-y
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Sep 6, 2021 |
Online Publication Date | Oct 7, 2021 |
Publication Date | Dec 1, 2021 |
Deposit Date | Sep 28, 2021 |
Publicly Available Date | Sep 28, 2021 |
Journal | BMC Geriatrics |
Electronic ISSN | 1471-2318 |
Publisher | Springer Verlag |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 21 |
Issue | 1 |
Article Number | 533 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-021-02498-y |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/6344396 |
Publisher URL | https://bmcgeriatr.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12877-021-02498-y |
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