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Fretwell 1990 (Continued)<br />

Study protected against contamination Low risk Care delivered in discrete units by separate<br />

staff<br />

Harris 1991<br />

Methods Year: 1991<br />

Location: Adelaide, Australia<br />

Team/ward?: ward<br />

Timing: direct from emergency department<br />

Trial methodology: randomised controlled trial<br />

Participants Numbers (<strong>to</strong>tal): 267<br />

Mean age: 78<br />

Male:female ratio: 40% male (approximately)<br />

Inclusion criteria: over 70 years of age, non-elective, not re-<strong>admitted</strong>, non-nursing home<br />

dwellers, resident in Southern Health Region<br />

Exclusion criteria: none given<br />

Patient selection criteria: unselected<br />

Patient selection criteria details: no selection criteria<br />

Interventions Team members: senior <strong>geriatric</strong>ian, social workers, occupational therapists, physiotherapists,<br />

ward nurses<br />

Team organisation: not specified<br />

Outcomes Outcomes: death, institutionalisation, dependency, cognitive status, length of stay<br />

Trial conclusions: no evidence of benefit from admission <strong>to</strong> a Geriatric Assessment Unit<br />

<strong>for</strong> unselected <strong>adults</strong> over 70 years.<br />

Notes<br />

Risk of bias<br />

Bias Authors’ judgement Support <strong>for</strong> judgement<br />

Random sequence generation (selection<br />

bias)<br />

Unclear risk Not clearly described<br />

Allocation concealment (selection bias) High risk Cards selected in sequence, however these<br />

were open and error rates are recorded<br />

Blinding (per<strong>for</strong>mance bias and detection<br />

bias)<br />

All outcomes<br />

Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias)<br />

All outcomes<br />

<strong>Comprehensive</strong> <strong>geriatric</strong> <strong>assessment</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>older</strong> <strong>adults</strong> <strong>admitted</strong> <strong>to</strong> hospital (Review)<br />

Copyright © 2011 The Cochrane Collaboration. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.<br />

High risk No blinding of patients, staff or outcome<br />

<strong>assessment</strong><br />

Unclear risk Analysis by intention-<strong>to</strong>-treat<br />

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