IMPORTANCE: Functional recovery is an important outcome following injury. Functional impairment is persistent in the year following injury for older trauma patients. OBJECTIVE: To measure the impact of routine geriatric consultation on functional outcomes in older trauma patients. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: In this pretest-posttest study, the pretest control group (n = 37) was retrospectively identified (December 2006-November 2007). The posttest geriatric consultation (GC) group (n = 85) was prospectively enrolled (December 2007-June 2010). We then followed up both groups for 1 year after enrollment. This study was conducted at an academic level 1 trauma center with adults 65 years of age and older admitted as an activated code trauma. INTERVENTION: Routine GC. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES: The Short Functional Status survey of 5 activities of daily living (ADLs) at hospital admission and 3, 6, and 12 months postinjury. RESULTS: The unadjusted Short Functional Status score (GC group only) declined from 4.6 preinjury to 3.7 at 12 months postinjury, a decline of nearly 1 full ADL (P < .05). The ability to shop for personal items was the specific ADL more commonly retained by the GC group compared with the control group. The GC group had a better recovery of function in the year following injury than the GC group, controlling for age, sex, race/ethnicity, length of stay, comorbidity, injury severity, postdischarge rehabilitation, complication, and whether surgery was performed (P < .01), a difference of 0.67 ADL abilities retained by the GC group compared with the control group (95% CI, 0.06-1.4). CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: Functional recovery for older adults following injury may be improved by GC. Early introduction of multidisciplinary care in geriatric trauma patients warrants further investigation.
IMPORTANCE: Functional recovery is an important outcome following injury. Functional impairment is persistent in the year following injury for older traumapatients. OBJECTIVE: To measure the impact of routine geriatric consultation on functional outcomes in older traumapatients. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: In this pretest-posttest study, the pretest control group (n = 37) was retrospectively identified (December 2006-November 2007). The posttest geriatric consultation (GC) group (n = 85) was prospectively enrolled (December 2007-June 2010). We then followed up both groups for 1 year after enrollment. This study was conducted at an academic level 1 trauma center with adults 65 years of age and older admitted as an activated code trauma. INTERVENTION: Routine GC. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES: The Short Functional Status survey of 5 activities of daily living (ADLs) at hospital admission and 3, 6, and 12 months postinjury. RESULTS: The unadjusted Short Functional Status score (GC group only) declined from 4.6 preinjury to 3.7 at 12 months postinjury, a decline of nearly 1 full ADL (P < .05). The ability to shop for personal items was the specific ADL more commonly retained by the GC group compared with the control group. The GC group had a better recovery of function in the year following injury than the GC group, controlling for age, sex, race/ethnicity, length of stay, comorbidity, injury severity, postdischarge rehabilitation, complication, and whether surgery was performed (P < .01), a difference of 0.67 ADL abilities retained by the GC group compared with the control group (95% CI, 0.06-1.4). CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: Functional recovery for older adults following injury may be improved by GC. Early introduction of multidisciplinary care in geriatric traumapatients warrants further investigation.
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