Refining the comprehensive geriatric assessment
- Research Opportunity
- PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
- Department
- Medicine and Radiology
- Location
- Royal Melbourne Hospital
| Supervisor | Number | Webpage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prof Andrea Maier | andrea.maier@unimelb.edu.au | + 61383872137 | Personal web page |
| Dr Esmee Reijnierse | esmee.reijnierse@unimelb.edu.au | Personal web page |
Project Details
The comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) is currently the most important assessment tool of geriatricians to define the functional, mental and social state of geriatric patients, but not well defined. There is an urgent need to refine the CGA to increase the power to predict detrimental outcome and to increase sensitivity and specificity for changes of geriatric conditions over time.
From 2013-2015 all patients of a Dutch academic geriatric outpatient clinic were assessed using a standardized CGA, the unique dataset is now available for data analysis to define
- the functional,
- mental and
- social domain of the CGA.
The defined CGA will then be validated in a dataset of Australian geriatric outpatients. Three positions are available.
Prerequisite: intention to improve epidemiological/statistical skills, intention to write a journal article, good communication skills, capacity to work in a multidisciplinary team.
School Research Themes
Research Opportunities
PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Students who are interested in joining this project will need to consider their elegibility as well as other requirements before contacting the supervisor of this research
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