Table 1 Summary of outcomes of included studies
Study | Outcomes | Evaluation instruments | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Quality of life (measure time) | Caregiver burden (measure time) | Length of hospital stay (measure time) | ||
Gayton 1987 [28] | √ (Discharge) | |||
Hogan 1987 [29] | √ (Discharge) | |||
Thomas 1993 [30] | √ (Discharge) | |||
Nikolaus 1999 (CGA) [31] | √ (Discharge; at follow up 12 months) | |||
Nikolaus 1999 (CGA + home) [31] | √ (Discharge; at follow up 12 months) | |||
Naglie 2002 [32] | √ (Discharge; at follow up 6 months ǂ) | |||
Shyu 2005 [33] | √ (1 month after discharge ǂ; 3 months after discharge ǂ) | √ (Discharge) | Quality of life: the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey questionnaire(SF-36) ǁ | |
Vidan 2005 [34] | √ (Discharge) | |||
Kircher 2007 [35] | √ (At follow up 3 months; at follow up 12 months) | √ (At follow up 12 months) | Quality of life: Philadelphia Geriatric Centre Morale Scale(PGCMS) | |
Pitkala 2008 [36] | √ (Discharge) | Quality of life: 15D questionnaire | ||
Prestmo 2015 [37] | √ (1 month after surgery; 4 month after surgery; 12 month after surgery) | √ (Discharge) | Quality of life:EQ-5D-3L | |
Partridge 2017* [38] | √ (Discharge ǂ) | |||
Applegate 1990* [39] | √ (12 months after randomisation ǂ) | |||
Karppi 1995 [40] | √ (At follow up 12 months; at follow up 24 months) | |||
Covinsky 1997 [41] | √ (90 days after dischargeǂ) | √ (Discharge) | Caregiver burden: The Robinson Caregiver Strain Index ǁ | |
Asplund 2000 [42] | √ (Discharge) | |||
Counsell 2000 [43] | √ (Discharge) | |||
Cohen 2002(unit) [44] | √ (Discharge; 12 months after randomisation) | Quality of life: the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey questionnaire(SF-36) | ||
Saltvedt 2004 [45] | √ (Discharge; at follow up 6 months) | |||
Ekerstad 2016 [46] | √ (Discharge; at follow up 3 months) | √ (Discharge; at follow up 3 months) | Quality of life: EuroQoL-visual analog scale (EQ-VAS); Health Utilities Index-3 ǁ | |
Silverman 1995 [47] | √ (12 months after randomisation) | Caregiver burden: Family strain scale developed and validated by Morycz; a global burden questionnaire ǁ | ||
Reuben 1999 [48] | √ (At follow up 15 months) | Quality of life: the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey questionnaire(SF-36) | ||
Burns 2000 [49] | √ (At follow up 12 months; at follow up 24 months) | Quality of life: Rand general well-being (GWB) inventory; Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression (CES-D) scale ǁ; perceived global life satisfaction (GLS) ǁ | ||
Weuve 2000 [50] | √ (At follow up 12 months) | Caregiver burden: previously developed inventory that consists of 22 equally weighted statements about perception of burden | ||
Cohen 2002(outpatient) [44] | √ (12 months after randomisation) | Quality of life: the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey questionnaire(SF-36) | ||
Ekdahl 2015 [51] | √ (At follow up 12 months; at follow up 24 months) | √ (At follow up 24 months) | Quality of life: EQ-5D-3L | |
Zintchouk 2018* [52] | √ (At follow up 3 months ǂ) number of improvement | √ (At follow up 3 months ǂ) | Quality of life: Depression List (DL) ǁ | |
Counsell 2007 [53] | √ (At follow up 24 months) | √ (At follow up 12 months ǂ; at follow up 24 months ǂ) | Quality of life: the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey questionnaire(SF-36) | |
Fairhall 2015 [54] | √ (At follow up 3 months; at follow up 12 months) | Quality of life: EQ-5D | ||
Edmans 2013 [55] | √ (At follow up 90 days) | Quality of life: EQ-5D; ICEpop CA Pability measure for older people (ICECAP-O) ǁ | ||