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Brief assessments and screening for geriatric conditions in older primary care patients: a pragmatic approach.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Comprehensive geriatric assessment and management in primary care: a systematic literature review with a descriptive mapping of team composition and assessment instruments.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Help-seeking behaviour of older adults towards hearing loss based on the health belief model: a qualitative research study.BMC primary care · 2026Article
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- Developing a Delphi Consensus on the Domains and Conduct of Brief Geriatric Assessments in Singapore.Annals of geriatric medicine and research · 2025Article
- Application and implementation of brief geriatric assessment in primary care and community settings: a scoping review.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- The Major Domains of Comprehensive Assessment Tools for Older Adults Requiring Home-Based Aged Care Services: A Systematic Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Healthcare workers' experience of screening older adults in emergency care settings: a qualitative descriptive study using the Theoretical Domains Framework.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
- Training healthcare professionals in assessment of health needs in older adults living at home: a scoping review.BMC medical education · 2024Article
- Screening for frequent hospitalization risk among community-dwelling older adult between 2016 and 2023: machine learning-driven item selection, scoring system development, and prospective validation.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Older patients referred for geriatric consultation in the emergency department: characteristics and healthcare utilization.BMC geriatrics · 2023Observational
- Development of a shared decision-making intervention to improve drug safety and to reduce polypharmacy in frail elderly patients living at home.PEC innovation · 2022Article
- Assessment of Functioning in Older Adults Hospitalized in Long-Term Care in Portugal: Analysis of a Big Data.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Article
- Family-Centered Primary Care for Older Adults with Cognitive Impairment.Contemporary family therapy · 2022Article
- Nutritional Assessment in Older Adults : MNA® 25 years of a Screening Tool and a Reference Standard for Care and Research; What Next?The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2021Article
- Multidimensional Geriatric Assessment with MAGIC Questionnaire and Quality of Life in Elderly Primary Care Patients.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Prevalence of Geriatric Syndromes in Elderly Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy.Current gerontology and geriatrics research · 2020Article
- Health Status and Functional Abilities of Elderly Males Visiting Primary Health-care Centers in Khamis Mushait, Saudi Arabia.Clinical interventions in aging · 2020Article
- Definition and assessment of frailty in older patients: the surgical, anaesthesiological and oncological perspective.Ecancermedicalscience · 2020Review
- Geriatric Assessment in a Primary Care Environment: A Standardized Patient Case Activity for Interprofessional Students.MedEdPORTAL : the journal of teaching and learning resources · 2019Article
- Short physical performance battery: Pilot study of a human motion capture app (MobiSPPB).Digital healthArticle
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Abstract
This paper discusses the rationale behind performing a brief geriatric assessment as a first step in the management of older patients in primary care practice. While geriatric conditions are considered by older patients and health professionals as particularly relevant for health and well-being, they remain too often overlooked due to many patient- and physician-related factors. These include time constraints and lack of specific training to undertake comprehensive geriatric assessment. This article discusses the epidemiologic rationale for screening functional, cognitive, affective, hearing and visual impairments, and nutritional status as well as fall risk and social status. It proposes using brief screening tests in primary care practice to identify patients who may need further comprehensive geriatric assessment or specific interventions.
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