AU - Vakili, Masoud AU - Kafan, Samira AU - Tabrizi, Gholamreza AU - Arabi, Mohsen AU - Hashemi Nasabzadeh, Roshanak TI - The role of comprehensive geriatric assessments on the quality of life of disabled elderly cancer patients PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE TA - RJMS JN - RJMS VO - 21 VI - 129 IP - 129 4099 - http://rjms.iums.ac.ir/article-1-3608-en.html 4100 - http://rjms.iums.ac.ir/article-1-3608-en.pdf SO - RJMS 129 AB  -  Background: In this study, the impact of comprehensive geriatric assessments on the quality and the length of life in disabled elderly cancer patients were evaluated. Methods: In an interventional study, 70 patients with cancer were randomly divided into two treatment and control groups. Patients were evaluated during a six-month study using comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) test. Results: The patient’s mean age was 4.2 ± 67.1 years. It was shown that CGA intervention had no impact on physical activity tests, including instrumental activities of daily living and activities of daily living, but a significant improvement was shown in patient’s psychological status using geriatric depression test. Conclusion: The results of the current study showed that CGA interventions have a positive effect on the quality of the life of the elderly cancer patients CP - IRAN IN - LG - eng PB - RJMS PG - 68 PT - Research YR - 2015