Table 1 Jury charge: citizens’ jury on Frailty Screening in Primary Care settings
From: Older people’s perspectives on frailty screening in primary care settings – a citizens’ jury study
The jury examined the charge: “Under what circumstances should screening be provided for frailty within general practice?”. |
Guiding questions included: |
What are the most important issues that you have heard about during the expert sessions and your discussions? |
How important are the potential benefits of screening for frailty in general practice, and which potential benefits seem most important? |
How important are potential harms or dangers of screening for frailty in general practice, and which harms or dangers seem most important? |
What should be done about the potential for screening bias and misdiagnosis? |
If we do introduce screening for frailty in general practice, which health professionals should conduct the screening? At what age should patients start being screened? How should people be approached with the offer of a screening test? |