Table 2 Setting and study characteristics of the included studies
Study | Study period | Design | Setting | Population | IGCT members | Sample size | Mean age (SD) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Intervention | Control | Intervention | Control |
[19] | 2007 to 2008 | CD | Leuven, Belgium | ≥65 years with traumatic hip fracture surgery | Geriatrician, geriatric nurse, SW, OT, PT | 94 | 77 | 80.4 (7.0) | 81.1 (7.2) |
[20] | 1982 to 1984 | CD | Montreal, Canada | ≥70 years, admitted from ED to medical ward | Geriatrician, geriatric nurse consultant, SW, OT, PT | 222 | 182 | 78.7 (6.5) | 78.3 (6.7) |
[21] | 1984 | RCT | Halifax, Canada | ≥75 years, at least one of following criteria: confusion, impaired mobility, falls, urinary incontinence, polypharmacy, living in nursing home, admission within the past 3 months | Geriatrician, nurse, PT | 57 | 56 | 82.2 (6.2) | 83.3 (6.0) |
[22] | 1985 | CD | Halifax, Canada | ≥75 years, in category 3 to 5 of Geriatric Status Scale | Specialist in geriatric medicine, nurse coordinator, SW, OT, PT, dietician, pastoral care | 66 | 66 | 83.0 (5.8) | 83.5 (5.9) |
[23] | 1997 to 2000 | Multicenter RCT | Germany | ≥65 years with expected LOS of at least 8 days, functionally impaired | Physician, nurse, SW | 150 | 129 | 79.0 (6.9) | 78.4 (6.9) |
[25] | 1991 | RCT | Chicago, USA | ≥70 years, admitted from the ED to the medicine service | Geriatrician, SW, medical house staff | 51 | 60 | 80.1 (6.6) | 80.1 (6.7) |
[26] | 1991 to 1994 | RCT | Southern California, USA | ≥65 years, at least one of 13 screening criteria (stroke, immobility, impairment in ADL, malnutrition, incontinence, confusion or dementia, prolonged bed rest, falls, depression, social problems, unplanned admission within past 3 months, new fracture, ≥80 years) | Geriatrician, nurse practitioner, SW | 1337 | 1016 | 77.6 (-) | 76.7 (-) |
1983 to 1984 | RCT | North Carolina, USA | ≥75 years admitted to all in-patient units other than intensive care | Attending physician and fellow in geriatric medicine, geriatric CNS, SW | 93 | 92 | 80.9 (5.8) | 82.0 (5.8) | |
2001 to 2003 | RCT | Taiwan | ≥60 years with accidental single-side hip fracture | Geriatrician, geriatric nurse, PT, rehabilitation physician | 80 | 82 | 77.4 (8.2) | 78.9 (7.3) | |
[30] | ? | RCT | North Carolina, USA | ≥70 years | Physician, CNS, home health nurse, SW, PT, dietician, pharmacist | 62 | 58 | 77 (5.4) | 76 (5.4) |
[31] | 1997 | RCT | Madrid, Spain | ≥65 years with acute hip fracture | Geriatrician, SW, rehabilitation specialist | 155 | 164 | 81.1 (7.8) | 82.6 (7.4) |
[32] | 1985 to 1989 | RCT | California, USA | ≥65 years, male, functionally impaired and one of the following criteria: confusion, dependence in ADL, polypharmacy, chronic illness, stressed caregiver system | Attending faculty geriatrician, geriatric fellow, CNS, SW, internal medical house officer | 99 | 98 | 75.7 (9.0) | 76.6 (9.7) |