Geriatrician involvement

Geriatrician involvement has been studied in 1 paper since 2021: 1 observational study in people. The newest paper, Nov 23, 2021: “Increased Geriatric Treatment Frequency Improves Mobility and Secondary Fracture Prevention in Older Adult Hip Fracture Patients-An Observational Cohort Study of 23,828 Patients from the Registry for Geriatric Trauma (ATR-DGU)”.

Exposure

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“Increased involvement of geriatricians had a significant impact on mobilization on the first day (OR 1.1, CI 1.1-1.2) and mobility seven days after surgery (OR 1.1, CI 1.1-1.2)”
Increased Geriatric Treatment Frequency Improves Mobility and Secondary Fracture Prevention in Older Adult Hip Fracture Patients-An Observational Cohort Study of 23,828 Patients from the Registry for Geriatric Trauma (ATR-DGU)Journal of clinical medicine2021doi:10.3390/jcm10235489

None of its findings points the other way.

  • 1 lab in 1 country
  • Humans1

What did studies of Geriatrician involvement find?

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Studies of Geriatrician involvement measured 3 outcomes; the most studied are geriatric rehabilitation (1 study), osteoporosis treatment (1) and mobility (1).

Geriatric rehabilitation

upin humans1OR 1.3

1 study
  1. Geriatrician involvement increases geriatric rehabilitation in humans (OR 1.3, CI 1.2-1.4).

    “and of an early complex geriatric rehabilitation treatment (OR 1.3, CI 1.2-1.4).”

    Humanship fracture patients requiring surgeryin-hospital stay72% femalesn = 23,828

    Increased Geriatric Treatment Frequency Improves Mobility and Secondary Fracture Prevention in Older Adult Hip Fracture Patients-An Observational Cohort Study of 23,828 Patients from the Registry for Geriatric Trauma (ATR-DGU)

    Journal of clinical medicine

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Osteoporosis treatment

upin humans1OR 2.5

1 study
  1. Geriatrician involvement increases osteoporosis treatment in humans (OR 2.5, CI 2.4-2.7).

    “initiation of an osteoporosis treatment during in-hospital stay (OR 2.5, CI 2.4-2.7)”

    Humanship fracture patients requiring surgeryin-hospital stay72% femalesn = 23,828

    Increased Geriatric Treatment Frequency Improves Mobility and Secondary Fracture Prevention in Older Adult Hip Fracture Patients-An Observational Cohort Study of 23,828 Patients from the Registry for Geriatric Trauma (ATR-DGU)

    Journal of clinical medicine

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Mobility

upin humans1OR 1.1

1 study
  1. Geriatrician involvement improves mobility in humans (OR 1.1, CI 1.1-1.2).

    “Increased involvement of geriatricians had a significant impact on mobilization on the first day (OR 1.1, CI 1.1-1.2) and mobility seven days after surgery (OR 1.1, CI 1.1-1.2)”

    Humanship fracture patients requiring surgeryin-hospital to 120-day follow-up72% femalesn = 23,828

    Increased Geriatric Treatment Frequency Improves Mobility and Secondary Fracture Prevention in Older Adult Hip Fracture Patients-An Observational Cohort Study of 23,828 Patients from the Registry for Geriatric Trauma (ATR-DGU)

    Journal of clinical medicine

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