Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment for younger outpatients with severe mental illness: protocol for a feasibility study
Introduction Individuals with severe mental illness are at risk of becoming prematurely frail. There is a critical unmet need for an intervention that reduces the risk of frailty and minimises the associated negative outcomes in this population. This study aims to provide novel evidence on the feasi...
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| author | Nancy Wang Dan Siskind Andrea Baker Ruth Hubbard Nicola Warren Natasha Reid Emily Gordon Urska Arnautovska Ella Pearson Winona Wing Ling Kwan |
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| description | Introduction Individuals with severe mental illness are at risk of becoming prematurely frail. There is a critical unmet need for an intervention that reduces the risk of frailty and minimises the associated negative outcomes in this population. This study aims to provide novel evidence on the feasibility, acceptability and preliminary effectiveness of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) to improve health outcomes among people with co-occurring frailty and severe mental illness.Methods and analysis Twenty-five participants with frailty and severe mental illness, aged 18–64 years, will be recruited from Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Service outpatient clinics and provided with the CGA. Primary outcome measures will include the feasibility and acceptability of the CGA embedded in routine healthcare. Other variables of interest will include frailty status, quality of life, polypharmacy, and a range of mental and physical health factors.Ethics and dissemination All procedures involving human subjects/patients were approved by Metro South Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC/2022/QMS/82272). Study findings will be disseminated through peer-reviewed publications and conference presentations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3840e4c477ae43fa9aeb9a1a59629dd32023-02-22T14:00:09ZengBMJ Publishing GroupBMJ Open2044-60552023-02-0113210.1136/bmjopen-2022-069518Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment for younger outpatients with severe mental illness: protocol for a feasibility studyNancy Wang0Dan Siskind1Andrea Baker2Ruth Hubbard3Nicola Warren4Natasha Reid5Emily Gordon6Urska Arnautovska7Ella Pearson8Winona Wing Ling Kwan9Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Service, Woolloongabba, Queensland, AustraliaFaculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, AustraliaQueensland Centre for Mental Health Research, Wacol, Queensland, AustraliaFaculty of Medicine, Centre for Health Services Research, The University of Queensland, Woolloongabba, Queensland, AustraliaFaculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, AustraliaFaculty of Medicine, Centre for Health Services Research, The University of Queensland, Woolloongabba, Queensland, AustraliaFaculty of Medicine, Centre for Health Services Research, The University of Queensland, Woolloongabba, Queensland, AustraliaFaculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, AustraliaCollege of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, AustraliaMetro South Addiction and Mental Health Service, Woolloongabba, Queensland, AustraliaIntroduction Individuals with severe mental illness are at risk of becoming prematurely frail. There is a critical unmet need for an intervention that reduces the risk of frailty and minimises the associated negative outcomes in this population. This study aims to provide novel evidence on the feasibility, acceptability and preliminary effectiveness of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) to improve health outcomes among people with co-occurring frailty and severe mental illness.Methods and analysis Twenty-five participants with frailty and severe mental illness, aged 18–64 years, will be recruited from Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Service outpatient clinics and provided with the CGA. Primary outcome measures will include the feasibility and acceptability of the CGA embedded in routine healthcare. Other variables of interest will include frailty status, quality of life, polypharmacy, and a range of mental and physical health factors.Ethics and dissemination All procedures involving human subjects/patients were approved by Metro South Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC/2022/QMS/82272). Study findings will be disseminated through peer-reviewed publications and conference presentations.https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/13/2/e069518.full |
| spellingShingle | Nancy Wang Dan Siskind Andrea Baker Ruth Hubbard Nicola Warren Natasha Reid Emily Gordon Urska Arnautovska Ella Pearson Winona Wing Ling Kwan Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment for younger outpatients with severe mental illness: protocol for a feasibility study BMJ Open |
| title | Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment for younger outpatients with severe mental illness: protocol for a feasibility study |
| title_full | Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment for younger outpatients with severe mental illness: protocol for a feasibility study |
| title_fullStr | Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment for younger outpatients with severe mental illness: protocol for a feasibility study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment for younger outpatients with severe mental illness: protocol for a feasibility study |
| title_short | Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment for younger outpatients with severe mental illness: protocol for a feasibility study |
| title_sort | comprehensive geriatric assessment for younger outpatients with severe mental illness protocol for a feasibility study |
| url | https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/13/2/e069518.full |
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