Comprehensive geriatric assessments in integrated care programs for older people living at home: a scoping review

A Stoop, M Lette, PF van Gils, G Nijpels… - Health & Social Care …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In many integrated care programs, a comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) is
conducted to identify older people's problems and care needs. Different ways for conducting …

[HTML][HTML] Effectiveness of outpatient geriatric evaluation and management intervention on survival and nursing home admission: a systematic review and meta-analysis …

PC Yen, YT Lo, CC Lai, CC Lee, CJ Fang, CM Chang… - BMC geriatrics, 2023 - Springer
Background The benefit of inpatient comprehensive geriatric assessment on patient survival
and function has been demonstrated among frail older patients. However, the influence of …

[HTML][HTML] Outpatient comprehensive geriatric assessment: effects on frailty and mortality in old people with multimorbidity and high health care utilization

AL Mazya, P Garvin, AW Ekdahl - Aging clinical and experimental …, 2019 - Springer
Background Multimorbidity and frailty are often associated and Comprehensive Geriatric
Assessment (CGA) is considered the gold standard of care for these patients. Aims This …

[HTML][HTML] Symptom burden in community-dwelling older people with multimorbidity: a cross-sectional study

J Eckerblad, K Theander, A Ekdahl, M Unosson… - BMC geriatrics, 2015 - Springer
Background Globally, the population is ageing and lives with several chronic diseases for
decades. A high symptom burden is associated with a high use of healthcare, admissions to …

Validation of the risk analysis index for evaluating frailty in ambulatory patients

R Shah, JD Borrebach, JC Hodges… - Journal of the …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Frailty is a marker of dependency, disability, hospitalization, and mortality in
community‐dwelling older adults. However, existing tools for measuring frailty are too …

Long-term evaluation of the ambulatory geriatric assessment: a frailty intervention trial (AGe-FIT): clinical outcomes and total costs after 36 months

AW Ekdahl, J Alwin, J Eckerblad, M Husberg… - Journal of the American …, 2016 - Elsevier
Objective To compare the effects of care based on comprehensive geriatric assessment
(CGA) as a complement to usual care in an outpatient setting with those of usual care alone …

[HTML][HTML] Costs and effects of an ambulatory geriatric unit (the AGe-FIT study): a randomized controlled trial

AW Ekdahl, AB Wirehn, J Alwin, T Jaarsma… - Journal of the American …, 2015 - Elsevier
Objectives To examine costs and effects of care based on comprehensive geriatric
assessment (CGA) provided by an ambulatory geriatric care unit (AGU) in addition to usual …

To adjust and endure: a qualitative study of symptom burden in older people with multimorbidity

J Eckerblad, K Theander, A Ekdahl, T Jaarsma… - Applied Nursing …, 2015 - Elsevier
Context Older people with multimorbidity are vulnerable and often suffer from conditions that
produce a multiplicity of symptoms and a reduced health-related quality of life. Objectives …

[HTML][HTML] Cost-effectiveness of comprehensive geriatric assessment at an ambulatory geriatric unit based on the AGe-FIT trial

M Lundqvist, J Alwin, M Henriksson, M Husberg… - BMC geriatrics, 2018 - Springer
Background Older people with multi-morbidity are increasingly challenging for today's
healthcare, and novel, cost-effective healthcare solutions are needed. The aim of this study …

[HTML][HTML] Defining usual care comparators when designing pragmatic trials of complex health interventions: a methodology review

KM Turner, A Huntley, T Yardley, S Dawson, S Dawson - Trials, 2024 - Springer
Background Pragmatic trials evaluating complex health interventions often compare them to
usual care. This comparator should resemble care as provided in everyday practice …