Survey: Designing a Social Frailty Measure

Edith Cowan University invites clinicians and researchers in ageing, gerontology, or geriatrics; people aged 65 years and older; and caregivers of older people to participate in a research project to develop a Social Frailty Scale. 

Significance of the study
Social frailty can be defined as a lack of social resources and social activities, reduced social network and support, and compromised fulfilment of social needs. Social frailty is a threat to healthy ageing. It is important to recognise the risk factors associated with social frailty, to develop effective programs to prevent or slowdown social frailty.

Your participation in this research will involve completing an online survey in two rounds.
In each round, there will be statements about potential risks for social frailty. You will need to rank these statements based on how important you think they are, from “Extremely important” to “Not important at all”. After you finish Round 1, all answers will be combined, and you’ll get them back in a few weeks for Round 2. Each round will take about 7 minutes to complete. You will have two weeks to respond. Your participation is voluntary and confidential. If you would like to participate or want more information about the study read here.

For any queries, please contact Dr Manonita Ghosh m.ghosh@ecu.edu.au

Complete the survey here. 

This project has been approved by ECU-Human Research Ethics Committee (2023-04208-GHOSH). ECU Sage Lab development of the Social Frailty Scale is supported by the Medical Research Future Fund MRF2016045.

Sincerely,

Professor Loretta Baldassar, Dr Manonita Ghosh, Associate Professor Ivaylo Vassilev and Associate Professor Rosemary Saunders.

Edith Cowan University, 
University of Southampton.

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