This article reports the study protocol of a nationwide multicentric study in seven Italian regions aimed at assessing the effectiveness of a digitally supported approach for the early screening of frailty risk factors in community-dwelling older adults. SUNFRAIL+ is a prospective observational cohort study aimed at carrying out a multidimensional assessment of community-dwelling older adults through an IT platform, which allows to connect the items of the SUNFRAIL frailty assessment tool with a cascading multidimensional in-depth assessment of the bio–psycho–social domains of frailty. Seven centers in seven Italian regions will administer the SUNFRAIL questionnaire to 100 older adults. According to the answers provided by older adults, they will be subjected to one or more validated in-depth scale tests in order to perform further diagnostic or dimensional evaluations. The study aims to contribute to the implementation and validation of a multiprofessional and multistakeholder service model for the screening of frailty in community-dwelling older adult population.

Digital Health Service for Identification of Frailty Risk Factors in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: The SUNFRAIL+ Study Protocol / De Luca, Vincenzo; Daniela Femminella Lisa Leonardini, Grazia; Patumi, Lola; Palummeri, Ernesto; Roba, Isabella; Aronni, Walter; Toccoli, Stefano; Sforzin, Simona; Denisi, Fortunata; Maddalena Basso, Anna; Ruatta, Manuela; Obbia, Paola; Rizzo, Alessio; Borgioli, Moira; Eccher, Claudio; Farina, Riccardo; Conforti, Diego; Mercurio, Lorenzo; Salvatore, Elena; Gentile, Maurizio; Bocchino, Marialuisa; SANDUZZI ZAMPARELLI, Alessandro; Viceconte Ivan Gentile, Giulio; Ruosi, Carlo; Ferrara, Nicola; Fabbrocini, Gabriella; Colao Maria Triassi Guido Iaccarino, Annamaria; Liotta andMaddalena Illario, Giuseppe. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH. - ISSN 1660-4601. - 20(5):3861(2023), pp. 1-11. [10.3390/ijerph20053861]

Digital Health Service for Identification of Frailty Risk Factors in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: The SUNFRAIL+ Study Protocol

Riccardo Farina;Lorenzo Mercurio;Elena Salvatore;Maurizio Gentile;Marialuisa Bocchino;Alessandro Sanduzzi Zamparelli;Carlo Ruosi;Nicola Ferrara;Gabriella Fabbrocini;Giuseppe Liotta andMaddalena Illario
2023

Abstract

This article reports the study protocol of a nationwide multicentric study in seven Italian regions aimed at assessing the effectiveness of a digitally supported approach for the early screening of frailty risk factors in community-dwelling older adults. SUNFRAIL+ is a prospective observational cohort study aimed at carrying out a multidimensional assessment of community-dwelling older adults through an IT platform, which allows to connect the items of the SUNFRAIL frailty assessment tool with a cascading multidimensional in-depth assessment of the bio–psycho–social domains of frailty. Seven centers in seven Italian regions will administer the SUNFRAIL questionnaire to 100 older adults. According to the answers provided by older adults, they will be subjected to one or more validated in-depth scale tests in order to perform further diagnostic or dimensional evaluations. The study aims to contribute to the implementation and validation of a multiprofessional and multistakeholder service model for the screening of frailty in community-dwelling older adult population.
2023
Digital Health Service for Identification of Frailty Risk Factors in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: The SUNFRAIL+ Study Protocol / De Luca, Vincenzo; Daniela Femminella Lisa Leonardini, Grazia; Patumi, Lola; Palummeri, Ernesto; Roba, Isabella; Aronni, Walter; Toccoli, Stefano; Sforzin, Simona; Denisi, Fortunata; Maddalena Basso, Anna; Ruatta, Manuela; Obbia, Paola; Rizzo, Alessio; Borgioli, Moira; Eccher, Claudio; Farina, Riccardo; Conforti, Diego; Mercurio, Lorenzo; Salvatore, Elena; Gentile, Maurizio; Bocchino, Marialuisa; SANDUZZI ZAMPARELLI, Alessandro; Viceconte Ivan Gentile, Giulio; Ruosi, Carlo; Ferrara, Nicola; Fabbrocini, Gabriella; Colao Maria Triassi Guido Iaccarino, Annamaria; Liotta andMaddalena Illario, Giuseppe. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH. - ISSN 1660-4601. - 20(5):3861(2023), pp. 1-11. [10.3390/ijerph20053861]
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