Refining and Testing the Diagnostic Accuracy of PAT-POPS

Refining and Testing the Diagnostic Accuracy of an Assessment Tool (PAT-POPS) to Predict Admission and Discharge of Children and Young People Who Attend an Emergency Department

Increasing attendances by children (aged 0-16 years) at UK emergency departments (EDs) is putting pressure on the National Health Service (NHS). Health professionals make complex judgements on whether children attending EDs can be sent home safely or require admission. The Pennine Acute Hospitals (PAT) Paediatric Observation Priority Score (PAT-POPS) was developed as an ED-specific screening tool for this purpose. A preliminary study showed it to be a potentially effective tool for deciding admission of children from the ED. Therefore, the focus of this study is to refine the original screening tool.

Study Overview

• Status: Unknown
• Conditions: Pediatric ALL
• Intervention / Treatment: Diagnostic test: PAT-POPS

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 80000

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United Kingdom
  • Bury, United Kingdom, BL9 7TD
    • Recruiting
    • Fairfield General Hospital
    • Contact: Samah Riaz; Phone Number: 016177882968; Email: samah.riaz@pat.nhs.uk
  • Oldham, United Kingdom, OL1 2JH
    • Recruiting
    • The Royal Oldham Hospital
    • Contact: Samah Riaz; Phone Number: 016177882968; Email: samah.riaz@pat.nhs.uk
  • Rochdale, United Kingdom, OL12 2JH
    • Recruiting
    • Rochdale Infirmary
    • Contact: Samah Riaz; Phone Number: 016177882968; Email: samah.riaz@pat.nhs.uk

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: No older than 16 years (CHILD)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: N/A
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

The study is designed in such a way that all patients, within the age range, will be enrolled into the study upon arrival at the Emergency Department. Therefore, the study population will be recruited consecutively and data collection has been planned prospectively.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Children and young people aged 0-16 years of age who attend the Emergency Department

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients who are confirmed dead on arrival at the Emergency Department
• Patients who attend the Emergency Department in cardio-respiratory arrest

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

1

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
Children and young people; Aged 0-16 years	Diagnostic test: PAT-POPS; Emergency Department-specific screening tool

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
Admission or discharge	12 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
• Collaborators: University Hospitals, Leicester; University of Manchester; University of Salford

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): February 8, 2018
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): January 31, 2019
• Study Completion (Anticipated): January 31, 2019

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: February 26, 2018
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 10, 2018
• First Posted (Actual): April 11, 2018

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 11, 2018
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 10, 2018
• Last Verified: April 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: 213469

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: Yes
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No