MIStreatment Screening in Elders Before Discharge

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Elder Abuse; Self Neglect; Aged; Geriatric Assessment; Surveys and Questionnaires; Geriatrics; Health Services for the Aged
• Interventions: Other: NCAEM EM-SART Pre-Screen

• Registration Number: NCT05807568
• Lead Sponsor: The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the feasibility of introducing, implementing, and integrating a brief, existent elder mistreatment screening tool (the National Collaboratory to Address Elder Mistreatment (NCAEM)'s Elder Mistreatment - Screening And Response Tool (EM-SART) Pre-Screen) in the Memorial Herman Hospital (MHH)-Texas Medical Center (TMC)Acute Care of Elders(ACE) (MHH-TMC ACE) unit and to identify older adults who may already be suffering from abuse, neglect, and/or financial exploitation, as well as connecting the study participants to the primary Geriatric Medicine team on the ACE unit such that additional care, evaluation (including additional in-depth mistreatment screening), and intervention can be taken to prevent and minimize further harm prior to discharge. The investigators hope to reduce missed opportunities for mistreatment detection to lead to safer health outcomes and hospital discharges.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2023-03-27
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-04-08
• Study Start: 2023-04-10
• Study First Posted: 2023-04-11
• Status Verified: 2024-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-12-03
• Last Update Posted: 2024-12-05
• Primary Completion: 2026-06-30
• Study Completion: 2026-06-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

• current admission to the MHH-TMC ACE unit
• ability to independently hear, understand, and verbally answer the 3 participant questions on the NCAEM's EM-SART Pre-Screen screening tool when it is read to them

Exclusion Criteria

• unwillingness to participate in the research study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
NCAEM EM-SART Pre-Screen	NCAEM EM-SART Pre-Screen	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Number of participants who have identified elder mistreatment	15 minute evaluation of each participant, no follow-up	Study participants screening positive based on NCAEM EM-SART Pre-Screen tool
Number of units using this NCAEM EM-SART Pre-Screen tool	12 months after study	How many times the NCAEM EM-SART Pre-Screen tool is attempted with consented patients

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston; 🇺🇸 Houston, Texas, United States