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. 2021 Jan 12;96(4):493–507. doi: 10.1002/ajh.26079

TABLE 1.

Geriatric Assessment Tools 66

Geriatric assessment domain Tests/tools used
Comorbidity

Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI)

Cumulative Illness Rating Scale–Geriatric (CIRS‐G)

Hematopoietic Cell Transplant–specific Comorbidity Index (HCT‐CI)

Older Americans Resources Services (OARS) Physical Health Subscale

Cognition

Blessed Orientation‐Memory‐Concentration (BOMC)

Mini‐Mental State Examination (MMSE)

Modified Mini‐Mental State Examination (3MS)

Depression

Center for Epidemiological Studies–Depression Scale (CES‐D)

Geriatric Depression Scale‐15 (GDS‐15)

Mental Health Inventory‐17 (MHI‐17)

Distress Distress Thermometer
Functional status

Activities of daily living (ADL)

Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status (ECOG PS)

Falls

Grip strength

Instrumental activities of daily living (IADL)

Karnofsky performance status (KPS)

Pepper Assessment Tool for Disability (PAT‐D)

Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB)

Medical Outcomes Short Form‐36 Health‐related Quality of Life Questionnaire (SF36‐PCS)

Timed up and go test

Walk speed

Frailty Fried Frailty Index
Mental health Medical Outcomes Short Form‐36 Health‐related Quality of Life Questionnaire–Mental Component Score (SF36‐MCS)
Nutrition

Body mass index (BMI)

Weight loss

Polypharmacy Number of medications
Social support Medical Outcomes Study (MOS) Social Activity Limitations/Social Support Subscales
Quality of life European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire C30 (EORTC QLQ‐C30)