Structured Clinical Tools for Periodic Health Assessment of Older Adults in Primary Care: A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Delivering preventive care to older adults presents challenges due to the lack of consensus on screening items, particularly regarding geriatric syndromes. Furthermore, chronological age often differs from biological age, which requires primary care clinicians (PCCs) to assess each patient's aging profile and tailor preventive interventions accordingly. Periodic Health Assessments (PHAs) offer an opportunity to administer preventive care. While several authors have developed Structured Clinical Tools (SCTs) to assist clinicians during PHAs, no SCT is widely used across clinicians. The study aims to identify existing SCTs for the PHA of older adults and evaluate their content, formats, and practical usability.

Methods

We conducted a scoping review followin

SUBMITTER: Villemure MP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12715359 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature