Abstract
Aims To investigate the effect of frailty education on the perception of frailty risk for urban and rural older adults. Methods Forty adults completed a frailty perception survey, the Edmonton Frail Scale (EFS), and participated in a 6-week frailty intervention program. Results Urban older adults increased knowledge of frailty including identification of frailty risk (.0035, p < .05), importance of good nutrition as we age (.0015, p < .05) and confidence in accessing community resources (.000031, p < .05). Aggregate site results showed increased accessibility to frailty education including risk of frailty (2.24576E-12, p < .05), frailty criteria (3.29825E-12, p < .05), and reduction of frailty risk (1.21856E-09, p < .05) for rural and urban older adults. Fall prevention knowledge improved at both Urban and Rural A sites (.00021, p < .05). Conclusions The frailty education provided to urban and rural community dwelling older adults supported a change in the perceptions of frailty risk after participation in the program.
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