A Randomized Trial of Real-Time Geriatric Assessment Reporting in Nonelectively Hospitalized Older Adults with Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hospitalized older adults have significant geriatric deficits that may lead to poor outcomes. We conducted a randomized trial to investigate the effectiveness of providing clinicians with a real-time geriatric assessment (GA) report in nonelectively hospitalized older patients with cancer.

Subjects, materials, and methods

We developed a web-based software platform for administering a modified GA (Cancer 2005;104:1998-2005) to older (>70 years) nonelectively hospitalized patients with pathologically confirmed malignancy. Patients were randomized to have their GA report provided to their treating clinicians (Intervention arm) or not provided (Control arm).

Results

Our study included 135 patients, median age 76 years, 52% female, 75% white, 21% black, 79% grea

SUBMITTER: Jolly TA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7288650 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature