TOPLINE:

A geriatric assessment-guided intervention with supportive care (GAIN-S) enhanced emotional and adaptive domains of prognostic awareness in older adults with metastatic cancer, with mean differences of 1.14 and 0.82, respectively, compared with usual care. The telehealth-based intervention improved coping with prognostic uncertainty and emotional acceptance among 77 participants aged 65 years or older.

METHODOLOGY:

Previous studies demonstrate geriatric assessment’s benefits in improving treatment tolerance, advance directive completion, quality of life, and communication. While geriatric assessment provides valuable prognostic information to clinicians, its impact on patients’ prognostic awareness remains underexplored, particularly in older adults who may overestimate their p

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