title: The European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing Synergies: Protocol for a Prospective Observational Study to Measure the Impact of a Community-Based Program on Prevention and Mitigation of Frailty (ICP - PMF) in Community-Dwelling Older Adults.
abstract: Aim of this paper is to describe the protocol of the study "Impact of a Community-based Program on Prevention and Mitigation of Frailty in community-dwelling older adults" developed in the framework of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing. This proposal has been developed by the Partnership Action groups on frailty, fall prevention and polypharmacy in older. The proposal wants to assess the impact of community-based programs aimed to counteract three main outcomes related to frailty: hospitalization, institutionalization and death. Bringing together researchers from seven European countries, the proposal aims to achieve the critical mass and the geographical extension enough to provide information useful to all older European citizens. An observational study will be carried out to calculate the incidence of the different outcomes in relation to the various interventions that will be assessed; results will be compared with data coming from already established national, regional and local dataset using the observed/expected approach. The sample will be made up by at least 2000 citizens for each outcome. All the citizens will be assessed at the baseline with two multidimensional questionnaires: the RISC questionnaire and the Short Functional Geriatric Evaluation questionnaire. The outcomes will be assessed every six-twelve months.
authors.affiliation: Biomedicine and Prevention Dept. - University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
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authors.affiliation: Institut Universitari d'Investigació en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol (IDIAP Jordi Gol), Barcelona, Spain.
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authors.lastname: Orfila
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authors.affiliation: Medical University of Graz, Austria.
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authors.affiliation: DISMET, Federico II University Naples, Italy.
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authors.affiliation: SI4Life, Genoa, Italy.
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authors.affiliation: Health Research Board, Clinical Research Facility Galway, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland.
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authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Valencia, Spain.
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authors.affiliation: Centre for Gerontology and Rehabilitation, University College Cork, St Finbarrs Hospital, Cork City, Ireland.
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authors.lastname: Molloy
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Salerno, Baronissi, Salerno.
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authors.affiliation: LUMSA University, Rome, Italy.
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authors.affiliation: Community of Sant'Egidio - Long Live the Elderly program, Rome Italy; Rome Municipality, Italy.
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authors.affiliation: Community of Sant'Egidio - Long Live the Elderly program, Rome Italy.
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authors.lastname: Madaro
authors.affiliation: ICBAS, University of Porto, Portugal.
authors.forename: C
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authors.lastname: Paul
authors.affiliation: Educators' Centre Association, Pecs, Hungary.
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authors.lastname: Csonka
authors.affiliation: Educators' Centre Association, Pecs, Hungary.
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Vince
authors.affiliation: CIRFF, Center of Pharmacoeconomics, University of Naples Federico II 17University of Parma, Italy.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Menditto
authors.affiliation: University-Hospital of Parma, Emilia Romagna Region Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maggio
authors.affiliation: Biomedicine and Prevention Dept. - University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: P
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authors.lastname: Scarcella
authors.affiliation: Biomedicine and Prevention Dept. - University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gilardi
authors.affiliation: Biomedicine and Prevention Dept. - University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lucaroni
authors.affiliation: Medical University of Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Abete
authors.affiliation: Associazione Salute in Collina, Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Girardi
authors.affiliation: Associazione Salute in Collina, Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Barra
authors.affiliation: Biomedicine and Prevention Dept. - University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: L
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authors.lastname: Palombi
keywords: community-based programs; death rate; frailty; hospitalization; institutionalization