Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) in perioperative care: a systematic review of a complex intervention.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) is a complex intervention applied to older people with evidence of benefit in medical populations. The aim of this systematic review was to describe how CGA is applied to surgical populations in randomised controlled trials. This will provide a basis for design of future studies focused on optimising CGA as a complex intervention.

Setting

A systematic review of randomised controlled trials.

Participants

A systematic search was performed for studies of CGA in the perioperative period across Ovid MEDLINE, Ovid EMBASE, CINAHL and Cochrane CENTRAL, from inception to March 2021.

Interventions

Any randomised controlled trials of perioperative CGA versus 'standard care' were included.

Outcome measures

Qualitat

SUBMITTER: Miller RL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9594523 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature