Refining the comprehensive geriatric assessment
- Research Opportunity
- PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
- Number of Honour Places Available
- 3
- Number of Master Places Available
- 1
- Department
- Medicine and Radiology
- Location
- Royal Melbourne Hospital
| Primary Supervisor | Number | Webpage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prof. Andrea Maier | andrea.maier@mh.org.au | 0418737011 | Personal web page |
| Co-supervisor | Number | Webpage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prof. Kwang Lim | kwang.lim@mh.org.au |
Summary Domains of the comprehensive geriatric assessment need urgently to be defined to rationalize care for older individuals.
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.
The project is based on multiple existing datatsets and an ongoing observational longitudinal cohort study including very well assessed geriatric outpatient and inpatients. The extensive CGA include data on 1. the functional, 2. mental and 3. social domain of the CGA. Three positions are available (each domain is one project).
Faculty Research Themes
School Research Themes
Neuroscience & Psychiatry, Cardiometabolic , Musculoskeletal , Ageing
Research Opportunities
PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
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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Department
Research Group / Unit / Centre
Research Node
Royal Melbourne HospitalMDHS Research library
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