Geriatric Disorder
Conditions
Brief summary
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.
Detailed description
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.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
65 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
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)
Countries
Israel
Outcome results
None listed