Jinghua Xia

Oct 1, 2023 | bmjopen.bmj.com | Zhenyu Li |Dan Zhao |Jinghua Xia |Yanzhen Hu

hippublic healthagedThis protocol outlines the procedure for a systematic review and meta-analysis on the prevalence of frailty in older patients with hip fracture in China. By including only articles written in English and Chinese, there is a chance of language bias in the results of the review. There is likely to be significant heterogeneity between definitions of frailty and the assessment tools used in included studies.