Implementation of grip strength measurement in medicine for older people wards as part of routine admission assessment: identifying facilitators and barriers using a theory-led intervention

BACKGROUND: Low grip strength in older inpatients is associated with poor healthcare outcomes including longer length of stay and mortality. Measuring grip strength is simple and inexpensive. However, it is not routinely used in clinical practice. We aimed to evaluate the implementation of grip stre...

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Autores principales: Ibrahim, Kinda, May, Carl R., Patel, Harnish P., Baxter, Mark, Sayer, Avan A., Roberts, Helen C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5865333/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29566673
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-018-0768-5

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