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Rubenstein 1984<br />

Methods Year: 1984<br />

Location: Los Angeles, Ca, USA (VA hospital)<br />

Team/ward?: ward<br />

Timing: stepdown<br />

Trial methodology: randomised controlled trial<br />

Participants Numbers (<strong>to</strong>tal): 123<br />

Mean age: 78<br />

Male:female ratio: 96% male<br />

Inclusion criteria: patients over 65 still in hospital one week after admission with persistent<br />

medical, functional or psychosocial problem<br />

Exclusion criteria: severe dementia or disabling disease resistant <strong>to</strong> further medical management;<br />

those with no social supports; those functioning well who would definitely<br />

return <strong>to</strong> community<br />

Patient selection criteria: selected<br />

Patient selection criteria details: as above - functional impairment, but independent or<br />

severely ill and dependent patients excluded<br />

Interventions Team members: senior <strong>geriatric</strong>ian, trainee <strong>geriatric</strong>ian, specialist nurses, ward nurses,<br />

social workers, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, dietician, audiologists, dentists<br />

and psychologists<br />

Team organisation: at least weekly MDT meetings, standardised <strong>assessment</strong> <strong>to</strong>ols, outpatient<br />

follow up<br />

Outcomes Outcomes: death, institutionalisation, costs, cognitive status, morale<br />

Trial conclusions: reduced mortality, reduced institutionalisation, improved functional<br />

status and morale<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 described<br />

Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Not described<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 />

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

assessor<br />

Low risk Analysis of outcomes by intention-<strong>to</strong>-treat<br />

Selective reporting (reporting bias) Unclear risk No a priori documentation could be found<br />

<strong>to</strong> judge this item<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 />

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