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- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT03840759
Short-term Effects of an Inpatient Geriatric Consultation Team on Geriatric Syndrome Patients
A Pilot Study of the Short-term Effects of an Inpatient Geriatric Consultation Team on Geriatric Syndrome Patients
Patients admitted to acute ordinary wards in a medical center in Southern Taiwan from an elder-integrated outpatient department or emergency room from January 2017 to December 2017 were included if they met the following criteria: (i) age 65 years or older, (ii) Barthel index score ≦60 and (iii) with at least one of the following geriatric syndromes: unsteady gait or easy-to-fall ( falls ≧ 2 in last 1 year), malnutrition with Mini Nutritional Assessment-Short Form screening score < 12, urinary incontinence, pressure sores, dementia, delirium, depression, polypharmacy (≧8 medications), and excessive utilization of healthcare facilities (admission≧2, visit Emergency≧2, or visit outpatient department≧12 in one month). Patients were excluded if they were in a vegetative state, under palliative care or terminally ill and suffering from acute illness needing to be transferred to or cared for in the Intensive Care Unit.
Human participant approval was obtained from the Chang Gung Medical Foundation Institutional Review Board before data collection. Participants were recruited from the ordinary wards by research assistants who screened the admission list every morning if they met the inclusion criteria. Then, the detail of the research was explained to the patients and families. They were allowed to choose to be in the control group or the intervention group. After the participants and or family agreed, informed consent was signed. For those who were cognitively impaired or suffered from dementia, informed consent was signed by their relative or partner. For the intervention group, a geriatric physician was consulted and recommendations were made by the geriatric consultant after a complete geriatric assessment. Besides the geriatric physician, the investigator's multidisciplinary team included a social worker, nutritionist and physical therapist. In the control group, the participants only received routine hospital care and no geriatric physician was consulted.
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
(i) age 65 years or older, (ii) Barthel index (BI) [18] score ≦60 and (iii) with at least one of the following geriatric syndromes: unsteady gait or easy-to-fall ( falls ≧ 2 in last 1 year), malnutrition with Mini Nutritional Assessment-Short Form (MNA®-SF) screening score < 12, urinary incontinence, pressure sores, dementia, delirium, depression, polypharmacy (≧8 medications), and excessive utilization of healthcare facilities (admission≧2, visit Emergency≧2, or visit outpatient department≧12 in one month)-
Exclusion Criteria:
Patients were excluded if they were in a vegetative state, under palliative care or terminally ill and suffering from acute illness needing to be transferred to or cared for in the Intensive Care Unit.
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: N/A
- Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
- Masking: None (Open Label)
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: usual care
For the intervention group, a geriatric physician was consulted and recommendations were made by the geriatric consultant and inpatient geriatric consultation team after a complete geriatric assessment (CGA).
The CGA includes the assessment of depression, dementia, physical performance of Activity of Daily Living (ADL) and nutrition using Geriatric Depression Scale (GDC-15), Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), Barthel Index (BI), and Mini Nutritional Assessment-Short Form (MNA®-SF) respectively.
Besides the geriatric physician, our multidisciplinary team included a social worker, nutritionist and physical therapist.
In the control group, the participants only received routine hospital care and no geriatric physician was consulted.
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For the intervention group, a geriatric physician was consulted and recommendations were made by the geriatric consultant after a complete CGA.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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readmission rate
Time Frame: readmission rate within one month after discharge
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compare the differences of readmission rates between the intervention and control groups
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readmission rate within one month after discharge
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readmission rate
Time Frame: readmission rate within three months after discharge
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compare the differences of readmission rates between the intervention and control groups
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readmission rate within three months after discharge
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readmission rate
Time Frame: readmission rate within six months after discharge
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compare the differences of readmission rates between the intervention and control groups
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readmission rate within six months after discharge
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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mortality rate
Time Frame: mortality rate within one month after discharge
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compare the differences of mortality rates between the intervention and control groups
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mortality rate within one month after discharge
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mortality rate
Time Frame: mortality rate within three months after discharge
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compare the differences of mortality rates between the intervention and control groups
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mortality rate within three months after discharge
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mortality rate
Time Frame: mortality rate within six months after discharge
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compare the differences of mortality rates between the intervention and control groups
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mortality rate within six months after discharge
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Investigators
- Study Director: Song-Seng Loke
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (Actual)
Primary Completion (Actual)
Study Completion (Actual)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Actual)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- CMRPG8F1571
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
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