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Comprehensive, in-hospital geriatric assessment plus an interdisciplinary home intervention after discharge reduced length of subsequent readmissions and improved functioning

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebn.3.3.83

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    Nikolaus T, Specht-Leible N, Bach M, et al.A randomized trial of comprehensive geriatric assessment and home intervention in the care of hospitalized patients.Age Ageing1999 Oct;28:543–50OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science

    QUESTION: Is an in-hospital, comprehensive geriatric assessment alone or combined with an interdisciplinary home intervention after discharge more effective than usual care?

    Design

    Randomised, {allocation concealed}*, unblinded, controlled trial with follow up at 1 year.

    Setting

    A university affiliated geriatric hospital in Heidelberg, Germany and patient homes.

    Patients

    545 patients (mean age 81 y, 73% women) who were admitted from home with acute illness and had multiple chronic conditions or functional deterioration after convalescence, or were at risk of nursing home placement. Patients with terminal illness or severe dementia were excluded. Follow up at 1 year was 94%.

    Intervention

    181 patients were allocated to comprehensive, geriatric assessment plus in-hospital and post-discharge treatment at home by an interdisciplinary team, which consisted of 3 nurses, a physiotherapist, an occupational therapist, and a social worker (home intervention group). …

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    Footnotes

    • Source of funding: Sozialministerium Baden Württemberg.

    • For correspondence: Dr T Nikolaus, Department of Geriatric Medicine, University of Ulm and Bethesda Geriatric Clinic, Zollernring 26–28, D-89073 Ulm, Germany. Fax +49 0731 187 387.

    • ↵* Information provided by author.