| Inclusion Criteria | Exclusion Criteria |
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Population | Aged ≥ 18 years Underwent surgery (all surgical settings including elective/emergency/major or minor surgeries or procedures) Used a valid frailty measure and majority of the sample classified as frail. | Aged < 18 years Did not undergo surgery Did not use a valid frailty measure. Used a valid frailty measure but majority of the sample not classified as frail or data for frail group unable to be extracted. |
Intervention | Perioperative multicomponent intervention | Interventions targeting a single health domain Interventions forming part of established standard of care protocols, such as ERAS. |
Comparator | Standard/usual care Alternative intervention (superiority trial) | Â |
Outcome | Examined relationship between intervention/comparator and one or more outcome(s) | Â |
Study design | Randomised controlled trials, quasi-experimental studies | Observational studies |
Publication Criteria | Published and “in press” articles reporting original research results | Conference abstract only, reviews, book chapters, editorials, theses Full text not available |
Language | Studies written in English | Â |