Development of a minimum clinical dataset for preoperative comprehensive geriatric assessment using a modified Delphi technique.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To construct a standardised, consensus-guided minimum clinical dataset (MCDS) for preoperative comprehensive geriatric assessment and optimisation (CGA) in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand.

Methods

We conducted a review of the international perioperative literature to identify CGA domains and tools for potential inclusion in the MCDS. We invited members of the Australian and New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine to participate in a Delphi study to obtain consensus on MCDS tools. Participants were asked to rate proposed tools using Likert scales (when >2 tools) or make a binary choice between two proposed tools. Consensus was considered to be achieved when there was at least 75% concordance between the two rounds amongst the participants, and at least one var

SUBMITTER: Lodge M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11671713 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature