Performances of a Brief Assessment Tool for the Early Diagnosis of Geriatric Syndromes by Primary Care Physicians

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

86 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2013-05-31

Study Completion Date

2014-11-30

Brief Summary

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The AGE (Active Geriatric Evaluation) aims to develop a brief assessment tool adapted to the primary care setting.

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Detailed Description

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The AGE (Active Geriatric Evaluation) program is a collaborative project between a primary care institution and a specialised geriatric unit that aims to develop a brief assessment tool (BAT) adapted to the primary care setting. The objective of this study is to assess the performances of the BAT to identify major geriatric syndromes: cognitive impairment; mood disorder; functional impairment; urinary incontinence; malnutrition; gait and balance impairment; osteoporosis; hearing impairment; visual impairment.

In order to achieve our objective, we plan to recruit 155 patients \> 70 years old in primary care settings for which primary care physicians will perform the BAT (composed of specific questions and clinical exams). At the end of the consultation, the primary care physician will fill a questionnaire where the absence/presence of syndromes will be recorded (according to the findings of the BAT). Each patient will be then seen a second time by expert geriatricians that will perform a full geriatric evaluation (90 minutes). This will allow to calculate the performances of the intervention (BAT) in terms of sensibility /specificity,...

Conditions

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Cognitive Impairment Mood Disorders Urinary Incontinence Malnutrition Osteoporosis Hearing Impairment Visual Impairment

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

DIAGNOSTIC

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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brief assessment tool (BAT)

all participants will have a brief assessment tool (BAT) for the identification of geriatric syndromes performed by their general practitioner. Afterwards, all participants will have a full geriatric assessment performed by geriatricians

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

brief geriatric assessment

Intervention Type OTHER

All participants will be screened for geriatric syndromes using the brief assessment tool. Mix a simple questions and simple tests

Interventions

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brief geriatric assessment

All participants will be screened for geriatric syndromes using the brief assessment tool. Mix a simple questions and simple tests

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Age \> 70 years
* follow-up by general practitioner
* good understanding of french or presence of a translater
* No previous or on-going geriatric consultation
* Patient able to provide consent or a relative is present that can provide a consent instead

Exclusion Criteria

* Age \< 70 years
* No follow-up by general practitioner
* Unable to understand French or absence of a translater
* On-going geriatric follow-up
* Patient unable to provide consent or a relative is absent

Minimum Eligible Age

70 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes