Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in an Emergency Department (CGA_ED)

Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in Emergency Department. Impact on Health and Patient Flows

Purpose Frailty and multi-morbidity have been associated with increased pressure on Emergency Departments (ED), higher hospital admissions and more risks for patients arising from the ED stay. The advantages of developing specific attention to frailty in ED have been highlighted. The benefits of these approaches are related to patients but also to organizations. The aim is to present how a Program of Care for Frailty (PCF) in an ED impacts on patient health and flows.

Objective is to analyze the clinical impact of Comprehensive Geriatric Care (CGA) in the Emergency Department (ED) and on patient flows Setting: A tertiary, teaching, 550-bed urban hospital, with 80,000 adult patients/year ED attendances (43%≥65 years). Two periods are compared: First period (before CGA implantation) del 01/04/2016 - 15/04/2016 and second period (after) 01/04/2017 - 15/04/2017

Study Overview

• Status: Unknown
• Conditions: Emergencies; Aging; Geriatric Assessment; Patient Discharge
• Intervention / Treatment: Procedure: Geriatric Assessment

Detailed Description

Purpose Frailty and multi-morbidity have been associated with increased pressure on Emergency Departments (ED), higher hospital admissions and more risks for patients arising from the ED stay. The advantages of developing specific attention to frailty in ED have been highlighted. The benefits of these approaches are related to patients but also to organizations. The aim is to observe how a Program of Care for Frailty (PCF) in an ED impacts on patient health and flows.

Objective

1. Analyze the clinical impact of Comprehensive Geriatric Care (CGA) in the Emergency Department (ED).
2. Analyze the impact on patient flows following the implementation of a Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in the Emergency Department (ED).

Methods Setting: A tertiary, teaching, 550-bed urban hospital, with 80,000 adult patients/year ED attendances (43%≥65 years).

First period (before CGA implantation) del 01/04/2016 - 15/04/2016 and second period (after) 01/04/2017 - 15/04/2017 Intervention: In the second period, the AGI was carried out by the emergency medical teams. It basically consists of care adapted to the special needs of geriatric patients, with systematic screening of delirium, delirium prevention, early treatment, pain management with scales adapted to chronicity, conciliation of medication to discharge from the emergency department, among others A comparison will be made of health outcomes and patient flows in ED: direct discharge, admission to emergency observation unit, admission to short stay unit, transfer to intermediate hospital, admission, admission to critical care area, death, time spent in the Emergency Department (ED) and in intermediate hospital, mortality during admission at one and six months, re-entry or reconsultation in the Emergency Department at 30 days and six months will be measured.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 450

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Spain
  • Barcelona, Spain, 08025
    • Recruiting
    • Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau
    • Contact: Mireia Puig, PhD; Phone Number: +34616335291; Email: mpuigc@santpau.cat

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 115 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

All patients older than 65 years, attended in ED during the study periode.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• All patients older than 65 years attended in the ED

Exclusion Criteria:

• None

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
Number of patients with delirium	From date of admission until discharge, assessed up to 30 days

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
Number of patients with pain correctly treated	From date of admission until discharge, assessed up to 30 days

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Fundació Institut de Recerca de l'Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau
• Collaborators: Fundació Mutuam Conviure

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): December 1, 2018
• Primary Completion (Actual): December 1, 2018
• Study Completion (Anticipated): December 1, 2019

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: December 11, 2018
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 21, 2018
• First Posted (Actual): December 26, 2018

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): December 26, 2018
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 21, 2018
• Last Verified: December 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Frailty; Emergency department; Older
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pathologic Processes; Disease Attributes; Emergencies
• Other Study ID Numbers: IIBSP-AGI-2017-14

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

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