Long-Term Evaluation of the Ambulatory Geriatric Assessment : A Frailty Intervention Trial (AGe-FIT): Clinical Outcomes and Total Costs After 36 Months
Ekdahl, Anne W LU
; Alwin, Jenny
; Eckerblad, Jeanette
; Husberg, Magnus
; Jaarsma, Tiny
; Mazya, Amelie Lindh
; Milberg, Anna
; Krevers, Barbro
; Unosson, Mitra
and Wiklund, Rolf
, et al.
(2016)
In Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
17(3).
p.8-263
- Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To compare the effects of care based on comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) as a complement to usual care in an outpatient setting with those of usual care alone. The assessment was performed 36 months after study inclusion.
DESIGN: Randomized, controlled, assessor-blinded, single-center trial.
SETTING: A geriatric ambulatory unit in a municipality in the southeast of Sweden.
PARTICIPANTS: Community-dwelling individuals aged ≥ 75 years who had received inpatient hospital care 3 or more times in the past 12 months and had 3 or more concomitant medical diagnoses were eligible for study inclusion. Participants were randomized to the intervention group (IG) or control group (CG).
INTERVENTION:... (More)
OBJECTIVE: To compare the effects of care based on comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) as a complement to usual care in an outpatient setting with those of usual care alone. The assessment was performed 36 months after study inclusion.
DESIGN: Randomized, controlled, assessor-blinded, single-center trial.
SETTING: A geriatric ambulatory unit in a municipality in the southeast of Sweden.
PARTICIPANTS: Community-dwelling individuals aged ≥ 75 years who had received inpatient hospital care 3 or more times in the past 12 months and had 3 or more concomitant medical diagnoses were eligible for study inclusion. Participants were randomized to the intervention group (IG) or control group (CG).
INTERVENTION: Participants in the IG received CGA-based care for 24 to 31 months at the geriatric ambulatory unit in addition to usual care.
OUTCOME MEASURES: Mortality, transfer to nursing home, days in hospital, and total costs of health and social care after 36 months.
RESULTS: Mean age (SD) of participants was 82.5 (4.9) years. Participants in the IG (n = 208) lived 69 days longer than did those in the CG (n = 174); 27.9% (n = 58) of participants in the IG and 38.5% (n = 67) in the CG died (hazard ratio 1.49, 95% confidence interval 1.05-2.12, P = .026). The mean number of inpatient days was lower in the IG (15.1 [SD 18.4]) than in the CG (21.0 [SD 25.0], P = .01). Mean overall costs during the 36-month period did not differ between the IG and CG (USD 71,905 [SD 85,560] and USD 65,626 [SD 66,338], P = .43).
CONCLUSIONS: CGA-based care resulted in longer survival and fewer days in hospital, without significantly higher cost, at 3 years after baseline. These findings add to the evidence of CGA's superiority over usual care in outpatient settings. As CGA-based care leads to important positive outcomes, this method should be used more extensively in the treatment of older people to meet their needs.
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- author
- Ekdahl, Anne W
LU
; Alwin, Jenny
; Eckerblad, Jeanette
; Husberg, Magnus
; Jaarsma, Tiny
; Mazya, Amelie Lindh
; Milberg, Anna
; Krevers, Barbro
; Unosson, Mitra
and Wiklund, Rolf
, et al. (More)
- Ekdahl, Anne W
LU
; Alwin, Jenny
; Eckerblad, Jeanette
; Husberg, Magnus
; Jaarsma, Tiny
; Mazya, Amelie Lindh
; Milberg, Anna
; Krevers, Barbro
; Unosson, Mitra
; Wiklund, Rolf
and Carlsson, Per
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- publishing date
- 2016-03-01
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- keywords
- Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Ambulatory Care, Costs and Cost Analysis, Female, Frail Elderly, Geriatric Assessment, Humans, Male, Outcome Assessment (Health Care), Single-Blind Method, Sweden, Randomized Controlled Trial
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- Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
- volume
- 17
- issue
- 3
- pages
- 6 pages
- publisher
- Elsevier
- external identifiers
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- pmid:26805750
- scopus:84955446178
- ISSN
- 1525-8610
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jamda.2015.12.008
- language
- English
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- 27a5aeb4-b209-4d40-8bcb-4e5091e3f6dc
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