Abstract
Objective
To review medication‐related criteria within validated frailty tools.
Methods
Narrative review of validated frailty assessment tools. Frailty tools were identified from recently published reviews; each tool was reviewed to determine whether any medication‐related criteria were included and how these criteria contributed to the scoring/assessment of frailty.
Results
Eight out of 16 validated frailty tools included medication‐related criteria. The majority of criteria were a numerical cut‐off of number of medications taken; however, the specific cut‐off was not consistent.
Conclusion
Inclusion of medication‐related criteria in frailty tools is highly variable. Future research is required to determine whether incorporation of medication use into frailty assessment can impact outcomes in terms of frailty prevention and treatment.