Table 3 Summary of patient factors requiring comprehensive assessment and tools mentioned in focus groups
From: Comprehensive geriatric assessment for oral care in older adults: a focus group study
Key Considerations (Theme) | CGA tools | Frequency |
|---|---|---|
Understanding patient profiles | • History-taking • Questioning patient (caregivers of family, when necessary) | 5 |
Social factors and caregivers | • Questioning patient (caregivers of family, when necessary) to identify the key person as a caregiver or decision maker | 21 |
Overall health | • History-taking • Reviewing patient's chart of medical history | 8 |
Dependency | • Basic activity of daily living (BADL) | 14 |
Cognitive abilities | • Mini-Cog • MoCA test • Questioning patient (caregivers of family, when necessary) to understand comprehension, decisional making capacity, self-care abilities | 21 |
Mental health issues | • PHQ-2 • PHQ-9 • Questioning patient (caregivers of family, when necessary) to understand well-being, happiness, and signs of depression | 14 |
Dysphagia | • EAT10 • SDQ • Water swallowing test | 18 |
Malnutrition | • Questioning patient (caregivers of family, when necessary) to monitor weight loss, appetite, body mass idex | 18 |
Fall risk | • Questioning patient (caregivers of family, when necessary) about fall history, gait steadiness, fear of falling/ STEDI toolkit ○ Three key questions—Has the patient fallen in the past year? Is their gait unsteady? Do they fear falling? | 20 |
Hand grip strength | • Hand grip strength test | 7 |