Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in Primary Care

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Conditions studied: Frailty, Aging, Geriatric Syndromes, Mobility Limitation, Functional Decline, Sedentary Lifestyle

In brief

This study evaluates the feasibility and acceptability of implementing the electronic Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (eCGA) in primary care for adults aged 65 years and older. The study examines how frailty changes over 12 months, how patient self-assessments compare with physician assessments, and how patients perceive the value of the eCGA when used as part of routine care. The study also includes an interventional randomized sub-study (PAHA), in which eligible participants receive a personalized physical activity program developed by a Clinical Exercise Physiologist. Participants are randomized to either an immediate-start or delayed-start exercise group, allowing assessment of the effects of a tailored activity intervention on frailty, physical activity participation, and goal attainment. Findings will inform how eCGA tools and personalized activity interventions can be integrated into primary care to support healthy aging and frailty management.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07341061

Run by

Nova Scotia Health Authority

People needed

120

Starts

2026-01-12

Expected to finish

2029-01-12

Last updated by the study team

2026-01-14

Who can join

Age: 65 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Older adult patients receiving care at the Dalhousie Family Medicine Clinic and scheduled to undergo an eCGA as part of routine primary care.
• Fluent in English and able to respond to interview and questionnaire items.
• Able to provide informed consent; or, if judged unable to consent, able to provide assent AND has a substitute decision maker (SDM) who is willing to provide informed consent on their behalf.
• (PAHA sub-study) Enrolled in the main eCGA study, willing to participate in a personalized physical activity- program, and available for follow-up contact.

You may not qualify if…

• Not scheduled for, or not receiving, an eCGA at the investigator's family medicine clinic.
• Unable to communicate in English, such that questionnaires and interviews cannot be completed.
• Unable to provide informed consent and no SDM available or willing to consent on the patient's behalf.
• (PAHA sub-study) Deemed unsuitable for the physical activity intervention by the treating family physician (e.g., medical or functional condition that, in the physician's judgment, makes participation in light-moderate exercise unsafe).

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