Comprehensive geriatric assessment for older adults admitted to hospital: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the effectiveness of comprehensive geriatric assessment in hospital for older adults admitted as an emergency.

Search strategy

We searched the EPOC Register, Cochrane's Controlled Trials Register, the Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE), Medline, Embase, CINAHL, AARP Ageline, and handsearched high yield journals.

Selection criteria

Randomised controlled trials of comprehensive geriatric assessment (whether by mobile teams or in designated wards) compared with usual care. Comprehensive geriatric assessment is a multidimensional interdisciplinary diagnostic process used to determine the medical, psychological, and functional capabilities of a frail elderly person to develop a coordinated and integrated plan for treatment and long ter

SUBMITTER: Ellis G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3203013 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature