Clinicians’ Experiences of Implementing Clinical Frailty Scale Assessments in Lung Oncology Clinics: A Qualitative Interview Study
Assessing frailty has wide-ranging potential benefits for patients, oncology teams, and the wider system, but barriers must be overcome. Specific recommendations are provided to support the routine implementation of frailty assessments, which is a key step towards the benefits of frailty-informed care being realised at scale.
Authors
- Alastair Greystoke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9168-0387)
- Fabio M. Gomes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8439-8762)
- Mary Denholm (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5875-4487)
- Suzanne H Richards (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1416-0569)
- G. Velikova
- Hayat Hamzeh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1074-2599)
- Jessica Pearce
- Alexandra Gilbert
- Andrew Clegg
Institutions
- University of Leeds (GB)
- University of Bradford (GB)
- Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (GB)
- Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- The Christie NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cancers
- Published
- 2026-03-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers18050884
- Primary Topic
- Frailty in Older Adults
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- UK Research and Innovation
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Leeds Biomedical Research Centre