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Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment for Frail Older People

NCT02773914 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 155

Last updated 2024-11-18

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Summary

The study "Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment for frail older people in Swedish acute care settings - a randomized controlled study" comprised two study arms: one intervention and one control group. The aim of the study was to evaluate the effects of the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) for frail older people in Swedish acute hospital settings - the CGA-Swed study. The intervention group received the CGA and a control group received medical assessment without the CGA. Follow-ups were conducted after 1, 6 and 12 months, with dependence in activities of daily living (ADL) as the primary outcome measure. The study group consisted of frail older people, 75 years and older, in need of acute medical hospital care. The study design, randomization and process evaluation carried out were intended to ensure the quality of the study. Baseline data showed that the randomisation was successful and that the sample included frail older people with high dependence in ADL, and with a high comorbidity. Thus, the CGA contributed to early recognition of frail older people's needs and ensured a care plan and follow-up. When investigating the long-term effects on frail older people's ADL 12 months after receiving the CGA, results showed that twelve participants in the intervention group (15.4%), and four participants in the control group (5.2%) had improved in their ADL 1 year after discharge. Qualitative interviews with CGA-participants also showed that the participants felt respected as a person when receiving care on a CGA acute geriatric ward.

Conditions

  • Dependency

Interventions

OTHER

Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment

Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment intervention

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Umeå University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Göteborg University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Isabelle Andersson Hammar, Assoc.prof · Göteborg University

  • Katarina Wilhelmson, Professor · Göteborg University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-03-31
Primary Completion
2020-01-27
Completion
2020-01-27

Countries

  • Sweden

Study Locations

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