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What do systematic reviews say?

3 questions · 3 findings · 2 reviews · Effective Practice and Organisation of Care

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Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) vs usual care

Admission to a nursing home (end of · older people at risk of poor health outcomes

Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment showed no clear difference in nursing home admission Median compared with usual care (high certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment for community‐dwelling, high‐risk, frail, older people 2022 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.93 [0.76, 1.14]
13 studies · 4206 participants
High

Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) vs admission to hospital without CGA

Living at home (end of · older people requiring hospital admission

Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) leads to higher living at home (end of compared with admission to hospital without CGA (high certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Comprehensive geriatric assessment for older adults admitted to hospital 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 1.06 [1.01, 1.1]
6799 participants
High

Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) vs admission to hospital without CGA

Admission to a nursing home (end of · older people requiring hospital admission

Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) leads to lower admission to a nursing home (end of compared with admission to hospital without CGA (high certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Comprehensive geriatric assessment for older adults admitted to hospital 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.8 [0.72, 0.89]
6285 participants
High