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Preparing Older Adults for Major Surgery With Preoperative Comprehensive Geriatric Assessments

United States50 participantsStarted 2023-06-14

Plain-language summary

The researchers will conduct observations, interviews, and focus groups with clinicians, staff and patients of the Perioperative Optimization of Senior Health (POSH) clinic, which conducts preoperative comprehensive geriatric assessments (pCGA) at UW Health to understand clinic processes and potential areas for improvement. The goal is to (1) create a process map describing clinic workflow and (2) redesign the process with healthcare providers and patients/families.

Who can participate

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Being a patient seen for a pCGA clinic at the time of observations, or being the caregiver of such a patient. * Being a clinician or staff member working at the pCGA clinic * Being a surgeon who frequently refers patients to the pCGA clinic Exclusion Criteria: * For patients: * not being fluent in English * having an enacted power of attorney indicating that the patient is unable to make medical decisions for themselves and a legally authorized representative (LAR) does not attend the pCGA visit with the patient * For pCGA clinicians and staff: none * For surgeons: none

What they're measuring

Process map

Timeframe: 12 months

Implementation Package

Timeframe: 24 months

Trial details

NCT IDNCT06184919

SponsorUniversity of Wisconsin, Madison

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2026-09-30

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