Geriatric assessment in undergraduate geriatric education – a structured interpretation guide improves the quantity and accuracy of the results: a cohort comparison

Table 2 Frequencies of mentions of the content specified by the items of the structured interpretation guide (item content addressed) and frequencies of documented positive results regarding the respective item content - cohort comparison *

Topic	Item content addressed			Positive results
Topic	Non-CL-group (%)	CL-group (%)	p	Non-CL-group (%)	CL-group (%)	p
Medication	5.7	97.4	< 0.001	4.0	24.9	< 0.001
Physical fitness and mobility	19.0	98.1	0.001	17.5	82.5	< 0.001
General and domestic care	8.4	92.8	< 0.001	6.0	35.8	< 0.001
(instr.) activities of daily living (ADL/IADL)	1.0	90.6	< 0.001	1.0	38.5	< 0.001
Social environment	3.7	99.3	< 0.001	1.2	26.4	< 0.001
Common geriatric cardinal symptoms	7.0	99.6	< 0.001	7.0	51.9	< 0.001
Physical status (medical history and examination)	5.2	96.2	< 0.001	5.2	34.0	< 0.001
Mood and cognition	53.3	98.1	< 0.001	15.7	21.7	0.055
Lifestyle	2.7	100.0	< 0.001	2.7	18.9	< 0.001
Vaccination status	1.3	98.7	< 0.001	1.3	18.2	< 0.001
Hospital admissions	0.0	100.0	< 0.001	0.0	62.3	< 0.001
Physical examination	4.0	98.1	< 0.001	3.5	29.2	< 0.001

* The presented relative frequencies describe the proportion of mentions/positive results relative to the maximum number of possible mentions/positive results for each topic (number of items per topic multiplied by group size).

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