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Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) vs usual care: Serious adverse events (falls) Median
- Population
- older people at risk of poor health outcomes
- Intervention
- Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA)
- Comparison
- usual care
- Outcome
- Serious adverse events (falls) Median
It is very uncertain whether comprehensive Geriatric Assessment changes serious adverse events (falls) Median compared with usual care (very low certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment vs usual care Serious adverse events (falls) Median · older people at risk of poor health outcomes It is very uncertain whether comprehensive Geriatric Assessment changes serious adverse events (falls) Median compared with usual care (very low certainty). Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment for community‐dwelling, high‐risk, frail, older people (2022) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.82 [0.58, 1.17] | 2 studies · 1380 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment for community‐dwelling, high‐risk, frail, older people 2022 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | Not extracted | Not assessed |
How reviews are matched to this question
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