作者
Arti Hurria, Stuart M Lichtman, Jonathan Gardes, Daneng Li, Sewanti Limaye, Sujata Patil, Enid Zuckerman, William Tew, Paul Hamlin, Ghassan K Abou‐Alfa, Mark Lachs, Eva Kelly
发表日期
2007/10
期刊
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
卷号
55
期号
10
页码范围
1604-1608
出版商
Blackwell Publishing Inc
简介
OBJECTIVES: To integrate the principles of geriatric assessment into the care of older patients with cancer in order to identify vulnerable older adults and develop interventions to optimize cancer treatment.
DESIGN: A brief, comprehensive, self‐administered questionnaire and intervention algorithm were developed consisting of measures of geriatric assessment that are brief, reliable, validated, and predictive of mortality and morbidity in older patients.
SETTING: Academic tertiary care cancer center and community‐based satellite practice.
PARTICIPANTS: Patients aged 65 and older with cancer.
MEASUREMENTS: The questionnaire solicits information about the patient's functional status, comorbidity, psychological status, nutritional status, and social support. A scoring algorithm for referral to a multidisciplinary team was developed.
RESULTS: Two hundred forty‐five of 250 patients completed the questionnaire …
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