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New horizons in the implementation and research of comprehensive geriatric assessment: knowing, doing and the “know-do” gap

Gladman, John R.F.; Conroy, Simon P.; Ranhoff, Anette H.; Gordon, Adam L.

Authors

John R.F. Gladman

Simon P. Conroy

Anette H. Ranhoff

ADAM GORDON Adam.Gordon@nottingham.ac.uk
Professor of The Care of Older People



Abstract

In this paper we outline the relationship between the need to put existing applied health research knowledge into practice (the “know-do gap”) and the need to improve the evidence base (the “know gap”) with respect to the health care process used for older people with frailty known as comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA).
We explore the reasons for the know-do gap and the principles of how these barriers to implementation might be overcome. We explore how these principles should affect the conduct of applied health research to close the know gap.
We propose that impaired flow of knowledge is an important contributory factor in the failure to implement evidence-based practice in comprehensive geriatric assessment; this could be addressed through specific knowledge mobilisation techniques. We describe that implementation failures are also produced by an inadequate evidence base which requires the co-production of research, addressing not only effectiveness but also the feasibility and acceptability of new services, the educational needs of practitioners, the organisational requirements of services, and the contribution made by policy. Only by tackling these issues in concert and appropriate proportion, will the know and know-do gaps for CGA be closed.

Citation

Gladman, J. R., Conroy, S. P., Ranhoff, A. H., & Gordon, A. L. (2016). New horizons in the implementation and research of comprehensive geriatric assessment: knowing, doing and the “know-do” gap. Age and Ageing, 45(2), 194-200. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afw012

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jan 10, 2016
Online Publication Date Mar 2, 2016
Publication Date Mar 2, 2016
Deposit Date Feb 22, 2016
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Age and Ageing
Print ISSN 0002-0729
Electronic ISSN 0002-0729
Publisher Oxford University Press
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 45
Issue 2
Pages 194-200
DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afw012
Keywords Geriatric Medicine, Translational Medical Research, Homes for the Aged, Organizational models, Health Services Research, Older People
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/781725
Publisher URL http://ageing.oxfordjournals.org/content/45/2/194.abstract
Additional Information This is the final pre-publication draft. The final version of the article is accepted for publication in Age and Ageing. A full reference and link to the published version will be included as these become available.