Gender Differences and Age Related Differences in Emergency Department Admission (SADE)

The goal of this observational study is to learn about difference related to age and gender in patients admitted to emergency department.

Study Overview

Status

Recruiting

Detailed Description

Objectives: Medicine is progressively becoming aware of the clinical difference among patients who present different age, gender, and comorbidities. Our goal is to examine how often different groups of patients access the Emergency Department and for which causes, as well as their different hospitalization and death rates.

Materials and methods: The investigators will collect and analyze data from all patients evaluated at the emergency department of "Fondazione Policlinico Agostino Gemelli" and "Istituto Clinico Humanitas di Milano" from January 2014 to December 2023, the sample obtained will be divided into four groups: younger than 50 years old, 50-65 years old, 66.75 years old, older than 75; each of these groups is divided between males, females and people who do not identify with either of those genders

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Estimated)

15000

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

Study Contact Backup

Study Locations

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sampling Method

Probability Sample

Study Population

All patients admitted to ED

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Age over 18 y
  • Admitted to emergency department

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Age under 18 y

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Death
Time Frame: 30 days
Death
30 days

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
length of stay
Time Frame: 180 days
length of stay
180 days

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

October 18, 2022

Primary Completion (Estimated)

July 5, 2025

Study Completion (Estimated)

October 28, 2025

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

October 20, 2022

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 20, 2022

First Posted (Actual)

October 25, 2022

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

March 25, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 3, 2025

Last Verified

February 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 5121

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

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