Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in Primary Care: A Randomised Feasibility Trial

University of Derby

Status: Completed

Conditions: Frailty

Treatments: Other: CGA group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03394534

v3.6

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study aims to explore feasibility of implementing a tailored CGA to older adults with frailty and evaluate staff and patients perception of the intervention. In line with this, the objectives of the study are:

1. To assess applicability of finding older adults with frailty using eFI and delivering subsequent CGA and care planning at patients' home
2. To investigate staff and older adults' perception of CGA programme
3. To assess the health care resource usage and cost of the CGA programme
4. To measure key health related outcome domains including function, quality of life, loneliness, pain, falls and mobility.

Enrollment: 72 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65 to 95 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age 65 to 95 years
• eFI score > 0.12

Exclusion criteria

• Do not meet criteria for frailty based on Gait speed, timed up and go test and PRISMA questionnaire

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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72 participants in 2 patient groups

CGA group

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: CGA group

Treatment as Usual

No Intervention group