Assessment of frailty by paramedics using the clinical frailty scale - an inter-rater reliability and accuracy study

Abstract Background Frailty assessment by paramedics in the prehospital setting is understudied. The goals of this study were to assess the inter-rater reliability and accuracy of frailty assessment by paramedics using the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS). Methods This was a cross-sectional study with p...

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Main Authors: Christophe A. Fehlmann, Loric Stuby, Christophe Graf, Matthieu Genoud, Rebecca Rigney, Judah Goldstein, Debra Eagles, Laurent Suppan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-10-01
Series:BMC Emergency Medicine
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12873-023-00875-x