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BMJ OPEN
Volume 12, Issue 8, Pages -Publisher
BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-060913
Keywords
geriatric medicine; risk management; change management
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- Patient-Centered Clinical Research Coordinating Center (PACEN) - Ministry of Health & Welfare, Republic of Korea [HC20C0086]
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This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of comprehensive geriatric assessment and multidisciplinary team intervention for hospitalized older patients with acute medical conditions. By comparing it with conventional care, the study assesses the impact on patients' ability to live at home after discharge, and conducts a cost-utility analysis.
Introduction There is an increased demand for services for hospitalised older patients with acute medical conditions due to rapidly ageing population. The COMPrehensive geriatric AsseSSment and multidisciplinary team intervention for hospitalised older adults (COMPASS) study will test the effectiveness of comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) and multidisciplinary intervention by comparing it with conventional care among acute hospitalised older adults in Korea. Methods and analysis A multicentre trial within a cohort comprising three substudies (randomised controlled trials) will be conducted. The intervention includes CGA and CGA-based multidisciplinary interventions by physicians (geriatricians, oncologists), nurses, nutritionists and pharmacists. The multidisciplinary intervention includes nutritional support, medication review and adjustment, rehabilitation, early discharge planning and prevention of geriatric syndromes (falls, delirium, pressure sore and urinary retention). The analysis will be based on an intention-to-treat principle. The primary outcome is living at home 3 months after discharge. In addition to assessing the economic effects of the intervention, a cost-utility analysis will be conducted. Ethics and dissemination The study protocol was reviewed and approved by the ethics committees of Seoul National University Bundang Hospital and each study site. The study findings will be published in peer-reviewed journals. Subgroup and further in-depth analyses will subsequently be published.
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