Sentence examples for perception of frailty from inspiring English sources

These findings could have importance in the perception of frailty, and the maintenance of health and independent living in older adults.

The PHNs' perception of frailty had lower sensitivity and specificity for most of the three outcomes.

PHNs perception of frailty, without using a standardized frailty instrument, described 335/803 (42 %) patients as frail.

Table  3 compares the sensitivity, specificity, PPV and NPV for the CFS, RISC and the PHN perception of frailty.

Inclusion of objective observer-rated instruments [ 38, 39] could have reduced potential bias relating to the PHNs perception of frailty.

PHNs perception of frailty had a small correlation with risk of death (r = 0.21), but not institutionalisation (r = 0.07) or hospitalisation, (r = 0.04).

In conclusion, provider and patient perceptions of frailty were not accurately reflective of measured frailty in a population of patients of all ages undergoing hemodialysis.

These findings suggest that self-reports of functional limitations represent global perceptions of frailty, rather than solely an appraisal of limitations on the task being asked.

Further, the discordance between providers' perceptions of frailty and measured frailty may be even greater in practice because providers in this study were informed of the criteria included in measured frailty.

While other studies have explored differences between patient and provider perceptions of health status [ 20, 21], our study compared provider and patient perceptions of frailty to a validated measure.

His direction seems to assume that the viewer has already read Ira Levin's best-selling novel and knows everything that is happening off screen, just beyond the perception of the victimized heroine (played with reedlike frailty by Mia Farrow).