title: Predicting risk and outcomes for frail older adults: a protocol for an umbrella review of available frailty screening tools.
authors.affiliation: Health Sciences Research Unit: Nursing, Nursing School of Coimbra, The Portugal Centre for Evidence-Based Practice: a Collaborating Centre of the Joanna Briggs Institute.
authors.forename: João
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Apóstolo
authors.affiliation: Aston Research Centre for Healthy Ageing (ARCHA), Aston University, Birmingham, UK, B4 7ET.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cooke
authors.affiliation: Health Sciences Research Unit: Nursing, Nursing School of Coimbra, The Portugal Centre for Evidence-Based Practice: a Collaborating Centre of the Joanna Briggs Institute.
authors.forename: Elzbieta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bobrowicz-Campos
authors.affiliation: Economics, Management and Industrial Engineering Department, University of Aveiro, Portugal.
authors.forename: Silvina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Santana
authors.forename: Maura
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marcucci
authors.affiliation: Department Of Paediatrics, Obstetrics, And Gynaecology, Universitat de Valência, Spain.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cano
authors.affiliation: Roessingh Research and Development, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Miriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vollenbroek
authors.affiliation: Aston Research Centre for Healthy Ageing (ARCHA), Aston University, Birmingham, UK, B4 7ET.
authors.forename: Carol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Holland
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016330:Frail Elderly; D015577:Geriatric Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012107:Research Design; D012196:Review Literature as Topic; D012306:Risk
keywords: diagnostic test accuracy; frail elderly; frailty; pre-frailty; predictive ability; reliability and validity; screening