COMPREHENSIVE GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT in PRACTICE: WHAT DO PATIENTS SAY? KLİNİK PRATİKTE KAPSAMLI GERİATRİK DEĞERLENDİRME: HASTALAR NE DÜŞÜNÜYOR?
Istanbul Tip Fakultesi Dergisi, cilt.85, sa.2, ss.236-241, 2022 (Scopus, TRDizin)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 85 Sayı: 2
- Basım Tarihi: 2022
- Doi Numarası: 10.26650/iuitfd.956759
- Dergi Adı: Istanbul Tip Fakultesi Dergisi
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.236-241
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Comprehensive geriatric assessment, satisfaction, geriatric syndrome, benefit
- Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Objective: Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) is one of the cornerstones of geriatric medicine. In this study, we aimed to find out how satisfied patients aged 60 and over were with the application of CGA and whether they would express these complaints if geriatric-syndromes were not questioned. Materials and Methods: Patients who applied to the geriatric outpatient-clinic were included. An 18-question survey was applied by the geriatric nurse. The satisfaction and benefit expectations of the patients regarding both the application of CGA and specific sub-areas of CGA (urinary- fecal incontinence, falls, sleep, Mini-Nutritional-Assessment, Mini-Mental-State-Examination) were evaluated. They were asked whether they would express their complaints if these questions were not asked. Results: One-hundred-fifty patients were included in the study. The mean-age was 73.7±7 years. One-hundred-forty-eight patients were satisfied with the CGA and 139 of them thought it was beneficial. Seventy-three (49%) patients had urinary-incontinence, and 29 (19%) patients said that they would not report urinary-incontinence if this question had not been asked. Seventeen patients (11%) had fecal-incontinence and 16% of all patients said that they would not report fecal-incontinence if this question had not been asked. Twenty-nine of 85 patients stated that although they had a history of falling within the last year, they would not have stated this situation if this question was not asked. Ninety-three percent of the patients stated that they were satisfied with the Mini-Mental-State-Examination and that they thought this test would be beneficial for them. Conclusion: Although it takes time and is tiring, CGA is satisfactory for patients and enables the recognition of geriatric syndromes that may remain hidden.