GAPcare Fall Prevention Pilot Survey

GAPcare: The Geriatric Acute and Post-acute Care Coordination Program - Pilot Survey

GAPcare (Geriatric Acute & Post-acute Care Coordination Program for Fall Prevention) is an early stage investigation that surveys older adults who present to the Emergency Department for any illness to determine the feasibility of an Emergency Department (ED)-based multidisciplinary intervention for preventing recurrent falls in older adults. In this observational study, older adults will be approached during routine clinical care in the ED and asked about prior falls, prior experiences having falls treated in the inpatient and outpatient setting, and the investigators will solicit feedback on potential improvement to care in the ED setting for falls.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Fall
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Exposure: Fall

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 82

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Rhode Island
    • Providence, Rhode Island, United States, 02903
      • Rhode Island Hospital

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 65 years and older (Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Older adults presenting to the Emergency Department at Rhode Island Hospital for any indication

Description

Study inclusion criteria for GAPcare

• Adult 65 years-old or older
• Able to communicate in English
• No cognitive impairment (≥4 on SIS)

Exclusion criteria

• Unable to give informed consent due to intoxication or altered mental status

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Observational Models: Cohort
• Time Perspectives: Cross-Sectional

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Feasibility of enrollment	The investigators will assess the number of patients who were screened and enrolled at the study site	at study enrollment

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Type of preventative services offered after a prior fall	Participant will be asked what services they were provided after prior falls.	at study enrollment
Satisfaction with prior Emergency Department evaluations after a fall using a likert scale	Participant will be asked about their satisfaction with prior fall assessments in the ED.	at study enrollment
Feedback on prior fall evaluations	Participants will give free-text feedback on their perception of the quality of prior outpatient and inpatient fall care	at study enrollment

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Rhode Island Hospital
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Elizabeth M Goldberg, MD, Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): February 14, 2017
• Primary Completion (Actual): May 30, 2017
• Study Completion (Actual): April 1, 2018

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: March 2, 2017
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 6, 2017
• First Posted (Actual): March 10, 2017

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): September 27, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 20, 2021
• Last Verified: September 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: geriatric
• Other Study ID Numbers: UEMF0010

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: No

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No