在脆弱性干预诊所使用综合老年学评估来确定护理目标和转诊服务
Reenika Aggarwal1,2, Suraj Brar1, Michael Goodstadt1,3
1Providence Healthcare, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, ON.
Canadian geriatrics journal : CGJ
|December 4, 2023
概括
老年人希望参与他们的护理计划. 综合老年评估 (CGA) 有助于确定患者的目标,如移动性和疼痛,改善对日益脆弱的人口的护理.
科学领域:
- 老年学是指老年学的学科.
- 康复医学 康复医学 康复医学
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
背景情况:
- 加拿大人口正在老龄化,预计老年人和脆弱的成年人数将增加.
- 患者参与护理规划是有益的,但目前尚未充分利用.
- 脆弱的老年人有复杂的健康需求,需要量身定制的干预措施.
研究的目的:
- 为了检查社区居住的老年人中康复目标的普遍性,转介到一个脆弱性干预诊所.
- 在综合老年医学评估 (CGA) 框架内确定以患者为中心的关注点和临床建议.
- 评估CGA在改善脆弱老年人护理方面的实用性.
主要方法:
- 进行了一项混合方法研究.
- 在2014年至2018年期间,从305名社区老年人中收集了数据,这些老年人被转介到脆弱性干预诊所.
- 综合老年评估 (CGA) 用于确定患者的目标和临床建议.
主要成果:
- 患者最担心的是移动性 (84%),服务/系统/政策 (51%),感官功能/疼痛 (50%) 和自我护理/家庭生活 (47%).
- 常见的转诊包括医生/专家的随访 (36%),跌倒预防诊所 (31%) 和药物修改 (31%).
- CGA有效地确定了患者的目标,并提供了有效的临床建议.
结论:
- 建议在以团队为基础的方法中更多地利用CGA,以提高患者的护理.
- CGA促进了患者和医疗保健提供者之间的合作和共享决策.
- CGA是一种有效的工具,可以解决脆弱患者的复杂需求,并纳入他们的目标,这对不断增长的老龄化人口至关重要.
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