4 results match your criteria: "Kota Samarahan Health Clinic[Affiliation]"
Integrated Service Delivery Model in Primary Care to Improve Frailty in Older Malaysians: GeKo Integrated Service Delivery.
J Frailty Aging
July 2024
Sally Suriani Ahip, Kota Samarahan Health Clinic, Jalan Datuk Mohammad Musa, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia, Email address: Telephone: +60125880709, Fax number: +6082673632.
Background: This study aimed to evaluate the implementation stage of Malaysia's GeKo-Integrated Service Delivery (ISD) model for frailty management in primary care and explore its effectiveness in improving frailty scores.
Methods: The implementation stage of Malaysia's first three GeKo- ISD clinics was assessed using the WHO-ICOPE (Integrated Care of the Older Persons) scorecard. This involved evaluating documents related to the GeKo services and conducting in-depth interviews with key informants identified from those documents.
The Pictorial Fit-Frail Scale Malay Version (PFFS-M): Predictive Validity Testing in Malaysian Primary Care.
J Frailty Aging
February 2024
Sally Suriani Ahip, Kota Samarahan Health Clinic, Jalan Datuk Mohammad Musa, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia, Telephone: +60125880709, Fax number: +6082673632.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association between Pictorial Fit Frail Scale-Malay version (PFFS-M) and adverse outcomes, such as falls, new disability, hospitalisation, nursing home placement, and/or mortality, in patients aged 60 and older attending Malaysian public primary care clinics. We assessed the baseline PFFS-M levels of 197 patients contactable by phone at 18 months to determine the presence of adverse outcomes. 26 patients (13.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Pictorial Fit-Frail Scale-Malay version (PFFS-M): reliability and validity testing in Malaysian primary care.
Fam Pract
March 2023
National Health and Medical Research Council Centre of Research Excellence, Adelaide Medical School and Adelaide Geriatrics Training and Research with Aged Care (GTRAC) Centre, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
Background: This study investigated the reliability and convergent validity of the PFFS-Malay version (PFFS-M) among patients (with varying educational levels), caregivers, and health care professionals (HCPs). PFFS-M cutoffs for frailty severity were developed.
Methods: This is a cross-sectional study from 4 primary care clinics where 240 patients aged >60 years and their caregivers were enrolled.
Translation, adaptation and pilot testing of the Pictorial Fit-Frail Scale (PFFS) for use in Malaysia - The PFFS-Malay version (PFFS-M).
Malays Fam Physician
July 2021
MBBS, FRACP, MBA, PhD, Aged and Extended Care Services, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Central, Adelaide Local Health Network and The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia.
Background: Frailty is an important health issue in an aging population; it is a state of vulnerability that renders the elderly susceptible to adverse health outcomes, including disability, hospitalization, long-term care admission and death. Early frailty stages are recognizable through screening and are reversible with targeted interventions. To date, however, there is no screening tool for use in Malaysia.
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