(MIGA) Mini Geriatric Assessment To Replace the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment

This study is currently recruiting participants.
Verified March 2011 by Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
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Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT01318759
First received: March 17, 2011
Last updated: NA
Last verified: March 2011
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March 17, 2011
March 17, 2011
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March 2014   (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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(MIGA) Mini Geriatric Assessment To Replace the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment
(MIGA) Mini Geriatric Assessment as Compared to the Current CGA

This is a comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) currently used to evaluate elderly people in order to be able to assess their multiple organ pathology, cognitive, functional and social problems. This CGA is a very time consuming tool although a powerful one.

The investigators want to present a new assessment test witch is short and comprehensive tool witch will be checked in ambulatory and in-hospital geriatric patients.

MIGA test (Mini Geriatric Assessment) includes the following parameters Walking outdoors, Transfer, ADL-Dressing, Washing, Continence, Vision, Hearing, Pain, Sleeping, Weight loss, Get-Up-And-Go test, Short term memory, Clock drawing test, Falls, functional reach of hands, Depression, Behavioral problems, social support, Admissions, Polypharmacy,

All patients will be assessed by the traditional CGA and by the new MIGA test. Time consuming of the two tests will be measured and compared.

Observational
Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Prospective
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Probability Sample

people aged over 65

Geriatric Disorder
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Recruiting
400
March 2014
March 2014   (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Elderly people age 65 and above,
  • In patients hospitalized in the geriatric department
  • Out patients -from the geriatric out patient clinic
  • Elderly patients visiting in the emergency room

Exclusion criteria:

  • People under 65 years old
  • Critically ill patients ( acute infection, acute myocardial infarction, hypoxia, hemodynamic instability)
Both
65 Years and older
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Israel
 
NCT01318759
0047-11-tav
No
Yaffa Lerman MD, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
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Study Director: Yaffa Lerman, MD Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
Principal Investigator: Oksana Borodin, MD Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
March 2011

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