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Care Partner Perspectives on Driving Cessation in Dementia in the Province of Saskatchewan, Canada. 加拿大萨斯喀彻温省痴呆症患者驾车戒烟的护理伙伴观点。
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Canadian Geriatrics Journal Pub Date : 2025-09-03 eCollection Date: 2025-09-01 DOI: 10.5770/cgj.28.819
Dena Sommer, Elaine Stasiulis, Mark J Rapoport, Patti Kelm, Gary Naglie
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Qualitative Interview with Older Adults and Caregivers on their Perspectives with Self-Management and Remote Vital Sign Monitoring. 老年人及照护者对自我管理及远程生命体征监测的看法之定性访谈。
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Canadian Geriatrics Journal Pub Date : 2025-09-03 eCollection Date: 2025-09-01 DOI: 10.5770/cgj.28.833
Carissa S Y Chan, Sarah Park, Titilola Yakubu, Nooshin Jafari, Kendall Ho
{"title":"Qualitative Interview with Older Adults and Caregivers on their Perspectives with Self-Management and Remote Vital Sign Monitoring.","authors":"Carissa S Y Chan, Sarah Park, Titilola Yakubu, Nooshin Jafari, Kendall Ho","doi":"10.5770/cgj.28.833","DOIUrl":"10.5770/cgj.28.833","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Research underscores the role of self-management capabilities as a strategy for enhancing the well-being of older adults by mitigating potential health risks and functional decline. Self-management tools like remote vital sign monitoring serve as critical indicators for detecting adverse health outcomes. Thus, the study aims to understand prior experiences of older adults and caregivers in self-management, along with soliciting their perspective on the technical advantages and barriers of using technology in medicine, citing their experience with remote vital sign monitoring as an example.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Through semi-structured qualitative interviews, 32 participants were interviewed virtually about their personal experience with prior remote vital sign monitoring. Eligibility included older adults and/or caregivers of older adults. Participants who were unable to read or understand English were excluded, unless sufficient support was provided to navigate the study procedures.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The full interview transcriptions were captured under the following five major themes: health-care experience, personal perception of technology in medicine, impact of remote vital sign monitoring, contactless monitoring system considerations, and acceptance and collaboration in remote vital sign measurement.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Based on participants' prior experience using remote vital sign monitoring, compatibility, data security and privacy, and patient education were identified as important considerations when developing monitoring systems for older adults and caregivers.</p>","PeriodicalId":56182,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Geriatrics Journal","volume":"28 3","pages":"257-263"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12364499/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144980297","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Depiction of a Novel Patient Navigator Program to Support Delayed Discharges Among Older Adults Admitted to Acute Care. 描述一个新的病人导航程序,以支持延迟出院的老年人入院急症护理。
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Canadian Geriatrics Journal Pub Date : 2025-09-03 eCollection Date: 2025-09-01 DOI: 10.5770/cgj.03.852
Grace Liu, Amanda Knoepfli, Tracey DasGupta, Naomi Ziegler, Emma Elliot, Mahala English, Sander L Hitzig, Sara J T Guilcher
{"title":"Depiction of a Novel Patient Navigator Program to Support Delayed Discharges Among Older Adults Admitted to Acute Care.","authors":"Grace Liu, Amanda Knoepfli, Tracey DasGupta, Naomi Ziegler, Emma Elliot, Mahala English, Sander L Hitzig, Sara J T Guilcher","doi":"10.5770/cgj.03.852","DOIUrl":"10.5770/cgj.03.852","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>A novel Patient Navigator Program (PNP) was introduced at a Canadian hospital's Reactivation Care Centre (RCC) to support transitions by helping older adults navigate the complexities of delayed discharge stays by improving their transition from hospital to home. The PNP was comprised of a community agency patient navigator who was embedded into the RCC setting to support transitions in care, and who followed patients up to 90 days post-hospital discharge. The purpose of this study was to describe the PNP, which included detailing the needs of patients (i.e., socio-demographics, case-mix, delayed discharge), the scope of service provision (i.e., referral process, follow-up duration), and patient outcomes (i.e., post-discharge location).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cohort observational design was used to collect data on the PNP mainly via the patient navigator's clinical tracking sheet, and secondly via the hospital's administrative system. Data analysis included the use of frequencies and descriptive statistics.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Between November 2021 and October 2022, 100 patients were referred to the PNP, with 70 patients (39% male; 61% female; median age of 81 years) being admitted to the patient navigator's caseload. The patient navigator provided follow-up care for a median of 58 days, and supported 76% of the patients (n=53) to return to their next point of care (e.g., homes or to a supportive housing setting).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The PNP led to a high proportion of patients being discharged back to the community. This study provides insights to providers and decision-makers interested in implementing PNP care models in a hospital in partnership with a community agency.</p>","PeriodicalId":56182,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Geriatrics Journal","volume":"28 3","pages":"264-270"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12364500/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144980265","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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A Description of QT-Interval Prolonging Drug Interactions with Fluoroquinolones in Older Women with Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infections. 老年妇女无并发症尿路感染中延长qt间期药物与氟喹诺酮类药物相互作用的描述
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Canadian Geriatrics Journal Pub Date : 2025-09-03 eCollection Date: 2025-09-01 DOI: 10.5770/cgj.28.835
Shanna C Trenaman, Maia von Maltzahn, Samuel Alan Stewart, Hala Tamim, Ingrid Sketris, Emily Black
{"title":"A Description of QT-Interval Prolonging Drug Interactions with Fluoroquinolones in Older Women with Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infections.","authors":"Shanna C Trenaman, Maia von Maltzahn, Samuel Alan Stewart, Hala Tamim, Ingrid Sketris, Emily Black","doi":"10.5770/cgj.28.835","DOIUrl":"10.5770/cgj.28.835","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Fluoroquinolone (FQ) antibiotics are associated with QT-interval prolongation and Torsades de Pointes (TdP). Female sex, older age, and other QT-interval prolonging medications further increase risk for TdP. Our aim was to describe QT-interval prolonging drug interactions when FQs were dispensed to women who resided in long-term care (LTC) for uncomplicated urinary tract infections (UTIs).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This retrospective cohort study used administrative health data from the Nova Scotia Seniors' Pharmacare program from January 2005 through March 2020. The cohort included women residing in LTC dispensed a FQ antibiotic within five days of a diagnostic code for an uncomplicated UTI in physician billing data. Additional drug dispensations were collected 30 and 90 days after the FQ to identify drug interactions that resulted in potentially increased QT-interval prolongation risk. Drug interactions were described. A Mann-Kendall trend test assessed the change in the frequency of FQ-drug interactions over the study period.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Annual dispensation of FQs ranged from 12-28% of antibiotic dispensations for presumed uncomplicated UTI. The proportion of FQ dispensations associated with a QT-interval prolonging drug interaction increased over time (<i>p</i>=.00007). Within 30 days of the FQ dispensation, the most common drug interactions identified were: furosemide (n=702, 20.3% of FQ-drug interactions), citalopram (n=566, 16.4% of FQ-drug interactions), and trazodone (n=461, 13.3% of FQ-drug interactions).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>An increasing proportion of women dispensed a FQ for uncomplicated UTI experienced a potential QT-interval prolonging drug interaction over the study period. When prescribing FQs to older women, addressing potentially modifiable risk factors for TdP, and monitoring closely, is warranted.</p>","PeriodicalId":56182,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Geriatrics Journal","volume":"28 3","pages":"228-234"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12364503/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144980182","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Electronic Documentation of Goals of Care Designation Discussions Among Alberta-based Geriatric Patients. 阿尔伯塔省老年患者护理指定目标讨论的电子文档。
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Canadian Geriatrics Journal Pub Date : 2025-09-03 eCollection Date: 2025-09-01 DOI: 10.5770/cgj.28.841
Suzanne E Aronyk, Kimberley Higgins, Lesley Charles, Peter George Jaminal Tian
{"title":"Electronic Documentation of Goals of Care Designation Discussions Among Alberta-based Geriatric Patients.","authors":"Suzanne E Aronyk, Kimberley Higgins, Lesley Charles, Peter George Jaminal Tian","doi":"10.5770/cgj.28.841","DOIUrl":"10.5770/cgj.28.841","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Goals of Care Designations are important medical orders that are used to determine the appropriate level of medical intervention for individuals in the event of life limiting illness. Canada has an aging population and individuals are living with higher levels of chronic illness and comorbidity. As patient autonomy increases, it has become increasingly important to have accurate and up-to-date documentation of a patient's medical wishes for life sustaining care.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This was a retrospective chart review of 400 randomly selected patients 65 years of age and over, seen at the University of Alberta Hospital outpatient clinic for Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023. We extracted the frequency of Goals of Care Designation (GCD) documentation determined by historical data available within selected patient charts, the setting of each discussion, and the specialty of each provider completing Goals of Care documentation.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Only 49.3% (197/400) of patients had any documented GCD entered on their electronic medical record (EMR). Of the 356 completed GCD forms, 267 (75%) were completed in an inpatient setting; the majority of GCD forms were completed by a specialist in Internal Medicine (39.89%, n=142) or Family Medicine (37.64%, n=134).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our study revealed that less than half of patients had any GCD documentation in the provincial EMR. As accurate Goals of Care documentation is vital to patient care and autonomy, every opportunity should be taken by health-care professionals to complete this essential documentation.</p>","PeriodicalId":56182,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Geriatrics Journal","volume":"28 3","pages":"251-256"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12364492/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144980252","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Feedback Quality in Geriatric Medicine: Analyzing Entrustable Professional Activities in a Competency-Based Curriculum. 反馈质量在老年医学:分析可信赖的专业活动在能力为基础的课程。
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Canadian Geriatrics Journal Pub Date : 2025-09-03 eCollection Date: 2025-09-01 DOI: 10.5770/cgj.28.848
Azin Dolatabadi, Aathmika Nandan, Dov Gandell
{"title":"Feedback Quality in Geriatric Medicine: Analyzing Entrustable Professional Activities in a Competency-Based Curriculum.","authors":"Azin Dolatabadi, Aathmika Nandan, Dov Gandell","doi":"10.5770/cgj.28.848","DOIUrl":"10.5770/cgj.28.848","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Competency-based medical education (CBME) aims to enhance the quality of medical training by providing timely, actionable feedback through entrustable professional activities (EPAs). However, variability in feedback quality remains a concern across residency programs.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a retrospective analysis of EPA feedback forms from a geriatric medicine program, comparing two distinct time periods: 2019-2020 and 2021-2022. This program averages eight residents per year with 30 full-time faculty members. The quality of feedback was assessed based on timeliness, task orientation, actionability, and polarity.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>404 EPAs were initiated and completed in 2019-2020, with 69% (n=278) being timely, 89% (n=360) task oriented, 50% (n=203) very actionable, and 62% (n=250) corrective in polarity. 851 EPAs were initiated in 2021-2022 and 76% (n=645) were completed, with 64% (n=410) being timely, 78% (n=501) task oriented, 40% (n=259) very actionable, and 47% (n=305) corrective in polarity. Timely feedback was more likely to be task-oriented (χ<sup>2</sup>(1)=11.87, <i>p</i><.001), actionable (χ<sup>2</sup>(2)=24.40, <i>p</i><.001), and corrective (χ<sup>2</sup>(3)=22.80, <i>p</i><.001) in the second timeframe. Compared to the second timeframe, EPAs completed in the first timeframe were more likely to be task oriented (χ<sup>2</sup>(1)=22.08, <i>p</i><.001), actionable (χ<sup>2</sup>(2)=25.54, <i>p</i><.001), and corrective in polarity (χ<sup>2</sup>(3)=25.89, <i>p</i><.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our study revealed lower quality feedback over time since implementing CBME at a geriatric medicine subspecialty training program. The root causes of the reduction in quality were not explored but are theorized to be multifactorial. Further investigation into the reasons for the reduction in feedback quality will help direct interventions to better sustain the quality of CBME implementation.</p>","PeriodicalId":56182,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Geriatrics Journal","volume":"28 3","pages":"221-227"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12364491/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144980291","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Application of Lean Principles to the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment to Reduce Cycle Time. 精益原则在老年综合评估中的应用以减少周期时间。
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Canadian Geriatrics Journal Pub Date : 2025-09-03 eCollection Date: 2025-09-01 DOI: 10.5770/cgj.28.850
Junghyun Park, Eunice Lipinski, Pauline Fisher, Amanjot Sidhu
{"title":"Application of Lean Principles to the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment to Reduce Cycle Time.","authors":"Junghyun Park, Eunice Lipinski, Pauline Fisher, Amanjot Sidhu","doi":"10.5770/cgj.28.850","DOIUrl":"10.5770/cgj.28.850","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Prolonged cycle times for new geriatric medicine assessments at the Centre for Healthy Aging have reduced the capacity to see patients. Using a time series design, the aim of the project was to decrease the average cycle time for new patients during one geriatrician's clinic from 114 to 90 minutes by May 1, 2024.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Lean methodology was used for diagnostics by creating a value stream map of the workflow. This informed change ideas to improve efficiency by implementing a shared note within the electronic health record for information sharing and an assessment guide for targeted cognitive testing. The primary outcome measure was total cycle time. Balancing measures were patient clinic experience scores and counseling time. Process measures included caregiver interview time, pre-clinic intake completion rate, assessment guide use rate, and nursing assessment time.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Total cycle time decreased 19% from 114 minutes (19 patients) to 93 minutes (33 patients). Pre-clinic intake assessment completion rate increased from 60 to 80% and caregiver interview time decreased from 45 to 33 minutes. There was 100% uptake of the assessment guide, and nursing assessment time decreased from 43 to 31 minutes. Counseling time remained stable, and the average clinic experience scores did not decline from the baseline.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This is the first study examining potential methods to improve efficiency of the comprehensive geriatric assessment by using value stream mapping. Spread of change ideas across the centre will be examined next with the goal of increasing capacity using available resources.</p>","PeriodicalId":56182,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Geriatrics Journal","volume":"28 3","pages":"244-250"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12364502/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144980159","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Usefulness of Muscle Stiffness Evaluated by Ultrasonography for Detecting Muscle Change Related to Contracture in Frail Older Adults. 超声评估肌肉僵硬度对检测老年人肌肉挛缩相关变化的有用性。
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Canadian Geriatrics Journal Pub Date : 2025-09-03 eCollection Date: 2025-09-01 DOI: 10.5770/cgj.28.827
Koichi Nakagawa, Hideki Kataoka, Rinko Inoue, Kyo Goto, Junichiro Yamashita, Yuki Nishi, Yuichiro Honda, Junya Sakamoto, Tomoki Origuchi, Minoru Okita
{"title":"Usefulness of Muscle Stiffness Evaluated by Ultrasonography for Detecting Muscle Change Related to Contracture in Frail Older Adults.","authors":"Koichi Nakagawa, Hideki Kataoka, Rinko Inoue, Kyo Goto, Junichiro Yamashita, Yuki Nishi, Yuichiro Honda, Junya Sakamoto, Tomoki Origuchi, Minoru Okita","doi":"10.5770/cgj.28.827","DOIUrl":"10.5770/cgj.28.827","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Ultrasonography can be used to evaluate the echo intensity (EI) and strain ratio (SR) to identify muscle quality and stiffness, respectively. EI and SR are affected by aging, frailty, and joint angle positions. We investigated the effects of aging and frailty on muscle EI and SR at different joint angle positions, and identified a useful measurement method to reflect muscle changes related to contractures in frail older adults.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study had a cross-sectional design. Twenty-two healthy young adults (young group), 22 non-frail older adults (non-frail group), and 22 frail older adults (frail group) participated in this study. The range of motion (ROM) of hip abduction, EI, and SR of the adductor longus in the zero- and full-abduction positions were measured. To investigate the effects of aging and frailty, the Kruskal-Wallis test, followed by the post-hoc Steel-Dwass test, was used. In addition, to confirm whether EI and SR in each position were useful for assessing contracture, Spearman's correlation test was used.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>ROM and SR in full-abduction were significantly lower in the frail group than in the other groups and lower in the non-frail group than in the young group. The SR in full-abduction (ρ = 0.73, <i>p</i> < .001) and in zero-abduction (ρ = 0.41, <i>p</i> < .001) showed strong and moderate correlation with the ROM, respectively.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>SR in full-abduction is affected by both frailty and aging and is useful for evaluating muscle stiffness related to contracture in frail older adults.</p>","PeriodicalId":56182,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Geriatrics Journal","volume":"28 3","pages":"212-220"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12364493/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144980294","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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"There's Huge Value in Knowing What's Going On": a Mixed Methods Study to Explore Geriatricians' Perspectives on Best Practices for Information Transfer Between Hospital-Based Geriatricians and Primary Care Physicians. “了解正在发生的事情有巨大的价值”:一项混合方法研究,探索老年病医生对医院老年病医生和初级保健医生之间信息传递的最佳实践的观点。
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Canadian Geriatrics Journal Pub Date : 2025-09-03 eCollection Date: 2025-09-01 DOI: 10.5770/cgj.28.830
Sandrine Couture, Dimitri Yang, Sabrina Lessard, Aigul Zaripova, Jennifer Tchervenkov, Carolyn Pavoni, Claire Godard-Sebillotte
{"title":"\"There's Huge Value in Knowing What's Going On\": a Mixed Methods Study to Explore Geriatricians' Perspectives on Best Practices for Information Transfer Between Hospital-Based Geriatricians and Primary Care Physicians.","authors":"Sandrine Couture, Dimitri Yang, Sabrina Lessard, Aigul Zaripova, Jennifer Tchervenkov, Carolyn Pavoni, Claire Godard-Sebillotte","doi":"10.5770/cgj.28.830","DOIUrl":"10.5770/cgj.28.830","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Geriatricians' work provides holistic recommendations to improve the health of older adults, considering medical, social, psychological, and functional domains. Their implementation most often relies on primary care physicians. Extant evidence suggests benefit from systematized information transfer between hospital-based specialists and primary care physicians. Yet, direct communication between hospitals and primary care physicians is rare. We aimed to describe the information transfer practice of hospital-based geriatricians in Quebec, Canada.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We sent a survey to all (146) geriatricians and Geriatric Medicine residents of Quebec on their current practice and opinions on information transfer and obtained 64 responses. We then performed 20-minute semi-structured interviews with 13 participants to further explore knowledge on information transfer, barriers and facilitators, risks and benefits, and recommendations to improve transmission.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>While geriatricians believe that their recommendations should be transmitted to primary care physicians and that the absence of a systematic information transfer procedure has a negative impact on quality of care, only 1.6% report having such a procedure in place in their practice. They think that the absence of information transfer procedures disrupts the communications of key diagnoses and medication changes, and leads to duplicated interventions. Harnessing technology to facilitate information transfer is viewed as a solution.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Information transfer between hospital-based geriatricians and primary care physicians in Quebec is rare. The absence of a systematic information transfer procedure is seen by geriatricians as a hindrance to the provision of safe, high-quality care to older adults.</p>","PeriodicalId":56182,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Geriatrics Journal","volume":"28 3","pages":"235-243"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12364490/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144980177","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Creation of a Rehabilitation Prediction Rule: a Prioritization Procedure. 康复预测规则的创建:优先排序程序。
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Canadian Geriatrics Journal Pub Date : 2025-06-04 eCollection Date: 2025-06-01 DOI: 10.5770/cgj.28.826
Pauline Wu, Zahra Goodarzi, Jacqueline McMillan
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