The goal of this qualitative study is to investigate what matters to older people living with frailty, and how this can be measured using questionnaires (Patient Reported Outcome Measures, or "PROMs"). The research questions are: 1. What outcomes matter to older adults living with frailty? 2. What are participants' perceptions of PROMs that could measure these outcomes? Our estimated sample will be 15 older adults, approximately 5 people living with mild frailty, 5 living with moderate frailty and 5 living with severe frailty. Participants will take part in one 90-minute interview.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
15
Participants will take part in one 90-minute interview (or two 45-minute interviews if preferred). The interview will have two sections. The first section will include discussion of what matters to participants. The second section will introduce PROMs which may be pertinent to measuring what matters. The participants will be helped to reflect on their relevance and usefulness to them.
Royal Devon Hospital
Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom
Identify outcomes that matter to older people with frailty
Qualitative interviews will be conducted with older people living with frailty to identify what matters to people (e.g. managing pain, functional independence, suitability of medications, social support). This may vary at different severities of frailty.
Time frame: 6 months
Investigate perceptions of questionnaires
Qualitative interviews will be conducted with older people living with frailty to investigate participants' perceptions of PROMs (questionnaires) that could measure outcomes that matter to them.
Time frame: 6 months
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