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Table 4 Perceived need for additional frailty assessment and training score across disciplines/professions

From: Surgical frailty assessment: a missed opportunity

 

Nurses

Surgeons

Allied health

Total

Number of respondents

16

20

13

49

I would benefit from further training on how the CFS tool can be used to improve care in my frail patients

10/12 (83.3%) 4.3

12/16 (75.0%) 3.8

7/8 (87.5%) 4.0

29/36 (80.6%) 4.0

I would benefit from further training in how to conduct frailty assessments

12/16 (75.0%) 3.9

12/20 (60.0%) 3.6

7/11 (63.6%) 3.7

31/47 (66.0%) 3.7

  1. Not all respondents answered all questions. Each item above represents all people who strongly agreed or agreed (numerator) divided by the number of responses to that question (denominator). The mean score (1 = “Strongly disagree”, 3 = “Neither agree nor disagree”, and 5 = “Strongly agree”) is reported below
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BMC Anesthesiology

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