Frailty change based on minimally important difference in nursing home residents: FIRST cohort study findings.
Mark Q ThompsonAgathe D JadczakGraeme R TuckerOlga TheouRenuka VisvanathanPublished in: Age and ageing (2022)
A 6.3% change in frailty for RACS residents is a conservative MID. Frailty is dynamic in RACS residents, and stability or improvement was possible even for the most-frail. Treatments such as nutritional interventions, exercise and diabetes management are likely to benefit frailty.