Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment and Transitional Care in Acutely Hospitalized Patients: The Transitional Care Bridge Randomized Clinical Trial
IMPORTANCE: Older adults acutely hospitalized are at risk of disability. Trials on comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) and transitional care present inconsistent results. OBJECTIVE: To test whether an intervention of systematic CGA, followed by the transitional care bridge program, improved act...
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Veröffentlicht in: | JAMA internal medicine 2016-03, Vol.176 (3), p.302-309 |
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Zusammenfassung: | IMPORTANCE: Older adults acutely hospitalized are at risk of disability. Trials on comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) and transitional care present inconsistent results. OBJECTIVE: To test whether an intervention of systematic CGA, followed by the transitional care bridge program, improved activities of daily living (ADLs) compared with systematic CGA alone. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: This study was a double-blind, multicenter, randomized clinical trial conducted at 3 hospitals with affiliated home care organizations in the Netherlands between September 1, 2010, and March 1, 2014. In total, 1070 consecutive patients were eligible, 674 (63.0%) of whom enrolled. They were 65 years or older, acutely hospitalized to a medical ward for at least 48 hours with an Identification of Seniors at Risk–Hospitalized Patients score of 2 or higher, and randomized using permuted blocks stratified by study site and Mini-Mental State Examination score ( |
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ISSN: | 2168-6106 2168-6114 |
DOI: | 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.8042 |