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Reconsidering frailty from a human and social sciences stand point: towards an ...
Sabot, Philippe; Di Martino, Carla; Moroni, Christine; Aluffi Pentini, Anna; Pabjan, Barbara; Machado, Maria Manuela Pereira; Katkoniene, AgataAlthough frailty is an important,well characterized concept in the provision of medical care to older adults,it has not been linked to the concept of vulnerability developed in the humanities and social sciences. Here, we distinguish between the two main dimensions of vulnerability: a fundamental, anthropological dimension in which people are exposed to a risk of injury, and a relational dimension in which peop...
Methods for conducting international Delphi surveys to optimise global particip...
Alkhaffaf, Bilal; Blazeby, Jane M.; Metryka, Aleksandra; Glenny, Anne-Marie; Adeyeye, Ademola; Costa, Paulo M.; del Val, Ismael DiezBackground: Core outcome sets (COS) should be relevant to key stakeholders and widely applicable and usable. Ideally, they are developed for international use to allow optimal data synthesis from trials. Electronic Delphi surveys are commonly used to facilitate global participation; however, this has limitations. It is common for these surveys to be conducted in a single language potentially excluding those not...