Multidisciplinary Inpatient Community Rehabilitation Programmes for Frail Older People: A Scoping Review.

The review did not assess the methodological quality or risk of bias of the included studies. The three intervention studies had no control group, so changes could reflect recovery, other care or measurement variation. The included programmes used different rehabilitation components, lengths of stay, outcome measures and timing of follow-up. They cannot be compared directly. Frailty was not defined or measured consistently, and some studies did not report how frailty was measured. The search was limited to English and to January 2010 to August 2022, so relevant programmes may have been missed. The article reports four included articles in the selection section but Table 2 describes five included studies. The evidence base is unclear. Attrition and death were substantial where reported, and attrition was not reported in the Finnish study.

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Do not conclude that multidisciplinary inpatient rehabilitation improves frail older people's outcomes. The review found four included articles, the intervention studies had no control group, and outcomes varied, so reported changes cannot be attributed to the programme.