Preparing Older Adults for Major Surgery With Preoperative Comprehensive Geriatric Assessments

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Conditions studied: Surgery, Aging, Health Care Utilization, Frailty

In brief

The researchers will conduct observations, interviews, and focus groups with clinicians, staff and patients of the Perioperative Optimization of Senior Health (POSH) clinic, which conducts preoperative comprehensive geriatric assessments (pCGA) at UW Health to understand clinic processes and potential areas for improvement. The goal is to (1) create a process map describing clinic workflow and (2) redesign the process with healthcare providers and patients/families.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06184919

Run by

University of Wisconsin, Madison

People needed

50

Starts

2023-06-14

Expected to finish

2028-04-30

Last updated by the study team

2026-02-12

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Being a patient seen for a pCGA clinic at the time of observations, or being the caregiver of such a patient.
• Being a clinician or staff member working at the pCGA clinic
• Being a surgeon who frequently refers patients to the pCGA clinic

You may not qualify if…

• For patients:
• not being fluent in English
• having an enacted power of attorney indicating that the patient is unable to make medical decisions for themselves and a legally authorized representative (LAR) does not attend the pCGA visit with the patient
• For pCGA clinicians and staff: none
• For surgeons: none

Where it is running

• UW Hospital and Clinics — Madison, Wisconsin, United States

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