GuidelineDeutsches Arzteblatt international2025
Clinical Practice Guideline: Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in the Hospital.
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- [Vascular medicine in old age: a call for structured collaboration for better care : Position paper of the German Society for Vascular Surgery and Vascular Medicine, the German Society for Geriatrics and the German Society for Angiology].Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie · 2026Review
- Enhancing the accuracy of bioimpedance-derived appendicular skeletal muscle mass in aged adults through machine learning.European geriatric medicine · 2026Article
- [Nutritional management in orthogeriatrics : Current evidence and recommendations for the practice].Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie · 2026Review
- [Geriatric medicine shapes the Future : Recommendations for modern Geriatric Medicine that places older people and their needs at the centre].Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie · 2026Review
- Care of Older Adults as Nursing's Defining Ground: Leading the Transformation Toward Prevention-Focused and Autonomy-Promoting Healthcare Systems.Journal of advanced nursing · 2026Article
- A short-term postoperative prediction model for colorectal cancer using comprehensive geriatric assessment.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- [Functional assessment and medication in older adults].Innere Medizin (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- Geriatric Syndromes and Mortality Among Hospitalized Older Adults.JAMA network open · 2026Observational
- Physical-psychological-cognitive multimorbidity: a narrative review.Frontiers in public health · 2026Review
- Chronic kidney disease and mortality in fragility fracture patients: revisiting GFR thresholds.European geriatric medicine · 2025Article
- [Preventing frailty and maintaining good health during aging].Innere Medizin (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2025Review
- [40th anniversary of the German Society of Geriatrics (DGG)-In demand, matured, strengthened : History of the DGG concerning scientific and professional political aspects].Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie · 2025Review
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Abstract
backgroundAn increasing number of older people are being treated in German hospitals. In 2022, more than 35.7 million hospitalized patients in Germany were of age 65 or older. Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) can help to structure and improve the diagnosis and treatment of these patients, many of whom suffer from multimorbidity.
methodsThe guideline group developed this guideline in accordance with the AWMF recommendations. Answers to questions were either evidence-based or consensus-based; the latter were established with a Delphi procedure followed by a consensus conference. The guideline was issued in May 2024.
resultsThe guideline contains twelve evidence-based and eight consensus-based recommendations and statements. The strongest evidence for the effectiveness of CGA was found in the wards for acute geriatric medicine, oncology, and orthopedics/trauma surgery, with weaker evidence from emergency departments and general surgery wards. Core elements of the guideline are the specification of a minimum duration of CGA (15 minutes), the definition of minimum requirements (six core dimensions: self-help ability, mobility, cognitive function/delirium, affect, nutrition, social situation), and setting-specific process recommendations. Specific screening instruments to identify patients who stand to benefit from CGA are recommended mainly in the oncological setting (G8 questionnaire).
conclusionThe German clinical practice guideline on CGA can serve as a guide to personalized geriatric medicine in the hospital. Further complex interventional studies are needed to evaluate the efficacy of CGA in other settings.
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