Patients with limited life expectancy and frailty, irrespective of specific diseases.
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: The inclusion criteria were studies involving adult hospitalised patients with frailty. Only original research articles were included. No restriction was placed on the year of publication, and studies published in Japanese or English were eligible. Eligible studies were required to report clinical outcomes such as patients' quality of life (QOL), changes in the number of prescribed medications, discontinuation rates of potentially unnecessary medications, and the incidence of adverse events.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: The exclusion criteria were review articles and studies that did not involve adult patients.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| QOL | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences Center for Experimental Pharmacy Practice, School of Pharmacy