Geriatric Assessment Systematic Review: Team Composition and Instruments

Systematic literature review of 31 randomized trials examining Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment and Management in primary care. It maps the team composition and assessment instruments used across studies, with participants having a mean age above 70 years.

Use Cases

• Analyze the frequency of involvement for specific professional roles like nurses, geriatricians, and social workers across the 31 included studies.
• Map the variety of assessment instruments used to address physical, cognitive, emotional, and social functional dimensions in older adults.
• Examine the heterogeneity in team composition, typically three to five members, to understand contextual adaptability in CGAM implementation.

Strengths

• Based on a systematic review of 3,112 identified studies, resulting in 31 included randomized trials.
• Provides specific counts of professional involvement, such as nurses in 27 studies and geriatricians in 21 studies.
• Examines multiple health dimensions including physical, cognitive, emotional, and social functions.

Limitations

• The dataset is a 124.5 KB document, not a structured tabular dataset, limiting computational analysis.
• Sample size is limited to 31 included studies from the systematic review.
• Focus is on operationalization (team composition, instruments) rather than clinical effectiveness outcomes.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Systematic literature review across databases.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-20.