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Geriatric Assessment Boosted Outcomes in OAs

Physician's Weekly

Most individuals retained functional independence for up to 6 months following a community-based CGA. Follow-up assessments were completed by an independent assessor via telephone in 30 and 180 days. The results showed that 303 individuals were recruited with a mean age of 83.2 Functional decline occurred 26.4% at 30 days and 33.7%

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Outcomes of Guidelines from Health Technology Assessment Organizations: A Systematic Mixed Studies Review [Systematic review, meta-analysis, or scoping review]

Annals of Family Medicine

Setting: Community-based primary health care. Population Studied: Family physicians, general practitioners, and patients. learning), the use of guideline-based information in clinical practice, and subsequent patient health outcomes. Phase-2: We extracted descriptive statistics and tabulated them by type of outcome.

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The importance of social connection: Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Thomas Cudjoe, & Carla Perissinotto

GeriPal

Summary Transcript Summary Social connections impact our health in profound ways, whether it is the support we receive from family and friends in navigating serious illness, the joy from shared social activities, or connecting with our community. I moved to Baltimore in 2015 and did clinical fellowship in geriatrics.

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