MIStreatment Screening in Elders Before Discharge (MISSED) Study
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Enrollment
- 100
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Number of participants who have identified elder mistreatment
Study Overview
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.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Na
- Intervention Model
- Single Group
- Primary Purpose
- Other
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 65 Years to — (Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
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.
Arms & Interventions
NCAEM EM-SART Pre-Screen
Intervention: NCAEM EM-SART Pre-Screen (Other)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Number of participants who have identified elder mistreatment
Time Frame: 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
Time Frame: 12 months after study
How many times the NCAEM EM-SART Pre-Screen tool is attempted with consented patients
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported
Investigators
Julia A Hiner
Assistant Professor
The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston