Elder-friendly Approaches to the Surgical Environment (EASE) Study (EASE)
Elder-friendly Approaches to the Surgical Environment - Implementation of an Elder Friendly Surgical Unit
Studieoversigt
Status
Status
Betingelser
Betingelser
Intervention / Behandling
Intervention / Behandling
Detaljeret beskrivelse
The investigators hypothesize that the elder-friendly surgical unit will reduce in-hospital complications and mortality in a cost-effective manner, for this at risk population.
Specific elder-friendly interventions include:
- Locate all elderly surgical patients on one nursing unit
- Interdisciplinary team-based care
- Elder-friendly evidence-informed practices including: comfort rounds with early mobilization, delirium prevention/management, optimal nutrition and prevention of post-operative complications
- Early and interdisciplinary discharge management
This is a prospective, before-after study with a concurrent control group. Four senior patient groups will be followed:
Undersøgelsestype
Undersøgelsestype
Tilmelding (Faktiske)
Tilmelding
Kontakter og lokationer
Studiesteder
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Alberta
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Foothills Medical Center, Acute Care Emergency Surgical Services
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- University of Alberta Hospital, Acute Care and Emergency Surgery Service
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Deltagelseskriterier
Berettigelseskriterier
Berettigelseskriterier
Aldre berettiget til at studere
Tager imod sunde frivillige
Køn, der er berettiget til at studere
Prøveudtagningsmetode
Studiebefolkning
Beskrivelse
Inclusion Criteria:
- All patients > 65 years old admitted for Acute care and Emergency Surgery
- Received acute abdominal surgery
Exclusion Criteria:
- Elective general surgery cases
- Nursing home resident requiring full nursing care [dependency in 3 or more activities of daily living ]
- Palliative surgery [surgery with the primary intention of improving quality of life or relieving symptoms caused by advancing non-curative disease]
- Multi-system trauma
- Patients from out of province or transferred from another inpatient service or hospital
Studieplan
Hvordan er undersøgelsen tilrettelagt?
Design detaljer
Antal grupper/kohorter
Kohorter og interventioner
Gruppe / kohorteGruppe / kohorte |
Intervention / BehandlingIntervention / Behandling |
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Pre-Elder Friendly Surgical Intervention Group
Elder Acute Care and Emergency Surgery patients
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Post-Elder Friendly Surgical Intervention Group
Elder Acute Care and Emergency Surgery patients
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Pre-Elder Friendly Surgical Control Group
Elder Acute Care and Emergency Surgery patients
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Post-Elder Friendly Surgical Control Group
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Hvad måler undersøgelsen?
Primære resultatmål
Primære resultatmål
Resultatmål |
Foranstaltningsbeskrivelse |
Tidsramme |
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Post-Operative complications
Tidsramme: During initial in-hospital stay (0-12 weeks on average)
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Includes a) intensive care unit admission (includes respiratory failure, cardiac arrest or septic shock), b) vascular complications (myocardial infarction, stroke, deep venous thrombosis, pulmonary embolism), c) serious infections (pneumonia, intra-abdominal abscess, urinary tract infection, deep wound infection or infected decubitus ulcer) or d) protracted delirium (≥48 hours)
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During initial in-hospital stay (0-12 weeks on average)
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Death
Tidsramme: During initial in-hospital stay (0-12 weeks on average)
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During initial in-hospital stay (0-12 weeks on average)
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Sekundære resultatmål
Sekundære resultatmål
Resultatmål |
Foranstaltningsbeskrivelse |
Tidsramme |
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Omkostninger pr. kvalitetsjusteret leveår
Tidsramme: 6 måneder efter udskrivelsen
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Både direkte og indirekte omkostninger til studiedeltagere
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6 måneder efter udskrivelsen
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Post-discharge complications or health-events requiring re-admission
Tidsramme: Within 30 days post-discharge
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Within 30 days post-discharge
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Andre resultatmål
Andre resultatmål
Resultatmål |
Foranstaltningsbeskrivelse |
Tidsramme |
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Health Related Quality of Life
Tidsramme: 6 weeks and 6 months post-discharge
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Including: EQ-5D questionnaire, SF-12 Questionnaire
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6 weeks and 6 months post-discharge
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Functional Status (Frailty)
Tidsramme: 6 weeks post-discharge
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Including: Edmonton Frail Scale, and Timed Up-and-Go Test
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6 weeks post-discharge
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Samarbejdspartnere og efterforskere
Sponsor
Sponsor
Samarbejdspartnere
Samarbejdspartnere
Efterforskere
Efterforskere
- Ledende efterforsker: Rachel G Khadaroo, MD, University of Alberta
Publikationer og nyttige links
Generelle publikationer
- Hanson HM, Warkentin L, Wilson R, Sandhu N, Slaughter SE, Khadaroo RG. Facilitators and barriers of change toward an elder-friendly surgical environment: perspectives of clinician stakeholder groups. BMC Health Serv Res. 2017 Aug 24;17(1):596. doi: 10.1186/s12913-017-2481-z.
- Khadaroo RG, Padwal RS, Wagg AS, Clement F, Warkentin LM, Holroyd-Leduc J. Optimizing senior's surgical care - Elder-friendly Approaches to the Surgical Environment (EASE) study: rationale and objectives. BMC Health Serv Res. 2015 Aug 21;15:338. doi: 10.1186/s12913-015-1001-2.
- Li Y, Pederson JL, Churchill TA, Wagg AS, Holroyd-Leduc JM, Alagiakrishnan K, Padwal RS, Khadaroo RG. Impact of frailty on outcomes after discharge in older surgical patients: a prospective cohort study. CMAJ. 2018 Feb 20;190(7):E184-E190. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.161403.
- Eamer GJ, Clement F, Pederson JL, Churchill TA, Khadaroo RG. Analysis of postdischarge costs following emergent general surgery in elderly patients. Can J Surg. 2018 Feb;61(1):19-27. doi: 10.1503/cjs.002617. Epub 2017 Dec 1.
- McComb A, Warkentin LM, McNeely ML, Khadaroo RG. Development of a reconditioning program for elderly abdominal surgery patients: the Elder-friendly Approaches to the Surgical Environment-BEdside reconditioning for Functional ImprovemenTs (EASE-BE FIT) pilot study. World J Emerg Surg. 2018 May 21;13:21. doi: 10.1186/s13017-018-0180-7. eCollection 2018.
- Pederson JL, Padwal RS, Warkentin LM, Holroyd-Leduc JM, Wagg A, Khadaroo RG. The impact of delayed mobilization on post-discharge outcomes after emergency abdominal surgery: A prospective cohort study in older patients. PLoS One. 2020 Nov 6;15(11):e0241554. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0241554. eCollection 2020.
- Khadaroo RG, Warkentin LM, Wagg AS, Padwal RS, Clement F, Wang X, Buie WD, Holroyd-Leduc J. Clinical Effectiveness of the Elder-Friendly Approaches to the Surgical Environment Initiative in Emergency General Surgery. JAMA Surg. 2020 Apr 1;155(4):e196021. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2019.6021. Epub 2020 Apr 15.
- Eamer GJ, Clement F, Holroyd-Leduc J, Wagg A, Padwal R, Khadaroo RG. Frailty predicts increased costs in emergent general surgery patients: A prospective cohort cost analysis. Surgery. 2019 Jul;166(1):82-87. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2019.01.033. Epub 2019 Apr 27.
Datoer for undersøgelser
Studer store datoer
Studiestart (Faktiske)
Studiestart
Primær færdiggørelse (Faktiske)
Primær færdiggørelse
Studieafslutning (Faktiske)
Studieafslutning
Datoer for studieregistrering
Først indsendt
Først indsendt
Først indsendt, der opfyldte QC-kriterier
Først indsendt, der opfyldte QC-kriterier
Først opslået (Skøn)
Først opslået
Opdateringer af undersøgelsesjournaler
Sidste opdatering sendt (Faktiske)
Sidste opdatering sendt
Sidste opdatering indsendt, der opfyldte kvalitetskontrolkriterier
Sidste opdatering indsendt, der opfyldte kvalitetskontrolkriterier
Sidst verificeret
Sidst verificeret
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