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Filter by:The study is a randomized study of patients living in four municipalities in Eastern Jutland. After geriatric assessment half of the patients will be offered a tailor-made intervention in their homes. The follow-up will last for at least 90 days and include treatment of the patients' multimorbidity, e.g. of dehydration, anaemia, infections, and malnutrition. The other half of the patients, the results of the assessment and recommendations will be given to the patients and their general practitioner. The primary efficacy variables are accomplishment of planned cancer treatment, reduction of complications and admissions to hospital and increased quality of life,. If geriatric assessment and a tailor-made follow-up result in a better quality of life with less complications and admissions the offer may be extended to a longer period, younger age groups and other cancer diagnoses.
Older patients account for around 10% of the population, of which 57% have a long-term illness, and 33% were admitted in the past year. Geriatric assessment (GA) is a multidimensional assessment of general health status that can help identifying deficiencies and followed by a personalized care plan. Assessment and management of elderly patients is a daily concern for the general practitioner (GP) but conflicting results have been reported so far relating to the clinical impact of GA when applied in the primary care setting. This study protocol aims to assess the effect on morbi-mortality of a complex intervention in patients aged ≥70 years with chronic conditions in primary care. It aims to demonstrate that a GA adapted to primary care, followed by a personalized care plan and combined with successful interprofessional collaboration can improve clinically relevant outcomes in elderly patients with chronic conditions such as one-year overall mortality, unplanned hospital admission, emergency visits, or institutionalization. The CEPIA study will also help addressing the issue of whether an improved benefit could be achieved from a systematic nurse-led or a case-by-case GP-led GA.
The purpose of this research study is to look at the use of a series of questionnaires evaluating risk for falls in order to collect information that might be used to develop a larger study aiming to recognize who is more at risk for falls and how to best intervene to prevent falls in older adults with cancer.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether neuromuscular electrical stimulation, strengthening exercises, or combination of both over lower limbs are effective in the improvement of the stability fundamentally against falls, greater independence and, therefore, better quality of life in elderly over 75 years.