Clinical trial NCT04211285: e-GAB: Electronic Geriatric Assessment Bundle: Development of an Arabic Self-administered Android CGA Application
Official title: e-GAB: Electronic Geriatric Assessment Bundle: Development of an Arabic Self-administered Android CGA Application
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Health Services for the Aged
Frailty
Cognitive Impairment
Depression
Disability Physical
Urinary Incontinence
Malnutrition
Keywords: comprehensive geriatric assessment
telemedicine
multidisciplinary approach of elderly care
electronic geriatric assessment bundle
Lead sponsor: Ain Shams University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2019-12-26
Enrollment: 82
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 60
Maximum age (years): 90
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: OTHER
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: 50 elderly patients completed the bundle then underwent CGA by an experienced geriatrician blinded to the result of e-GAB

Brief summary: The aim of this study is to design and assess the accuracy of administering the electronic Geriatric Assessment Bundle (e-GAB) compared to geriatrician performed comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) in a group of Egyptian elderly. The development of an Arabic software platform for CGA can improve the clinical practice by providing a valid user friendly tool to collect and analyze data for geriatric patients attending non- Geriatric health care service.

Detailed description: Modern geriatric care is based primarily on the concept of multidisciplinary approach of elderly care. This could be achieved by integrating CGA in different disciplines dealing with the older patient. CGA is different from that of the standard medical evaluation; it is a systematic evaluation of frail older adults. It uses combinations of validated geriatric tools to formulate an inventory of health problems, and develop an individualized geriatric intervention plan.

The software platform for CGA has been widely used in western countries; however, tools that can fit patients with different backgrounds should be implemented..

From the initial pool of 3 potential subtests, four experienced geriatricians developed a bundle of 15 subtests, to evaluate cognition, mood, vision, hearing, urinary continence, nutrition, functional capacity, fall risk and balance impairment, frailty, polypharmacy, sleep, pain, home safety, and social problems. Moreover, a rapid survey of medical and surgical conditions was obtained.

Initial evaluation of these subsets compared to the reference standard CGA was done. Each patient completed the bundle then underwent CGA by an experienced geriatrician blinded to the result of e-GAB

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* 60 years or above
* community dwelling
* can read and write
* can use the android application

Exclusion Criteria:

* any patient refused to participate

Primary outcomes:
measure: the sensitivity and specificity of administering the electronic Geriatric Assessment Bundle (e-GAB)
timeFrame: the geriatrician will perform standard CGA within 30 minutes of e-GAB completion
Secondary outcomes:
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Locations:
city: Cairo
country: Egypt
facility: Ain Shams University
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