CHERISH Collaborative for Hospitalised Elders: Reducing the Impact of Stays in Hospital

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: delirium; functional decline; malnutrition; Public Health - Health service research

• Registration Number: ACTRN12615000879561
• Lead Sponsor: Professor Alison Mudge

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2015-08-21
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1200

Inclusion Criteria

Admitted to hospital for 3 or more days, with admission to nominated intervention or control ward

Exclusion Criteria

Discharged from hospital within 2 days; palliative intent of care

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
length of hospital stay: number of days between inpatient admission and discharge from hospital based on hospital record[at discharge from hospital];any geriatric syndrome (composite of delirium, functional decline, in-hospital falls, in-hospital pressure injury and new incontinence) based on participant assessment at admission, day 5 and discharge (basic activities of daily living scale, short portable mental status questionnaire, 3D-CAM delirium assessment tool, and recall of incontinence, falls and skin injuries); as well as review of clinical documentation in hospital record[at admission, day 5 and at discharge]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
death or discharge to higher level of care based on hospital record[at hospital discharge];delirium (3D-CAM and chart review)[by day 5 of admission and by discharge];functional decline (any increase in basic activities of daily living assistance compared to baseline) by patient (or proxy) self-report [by day 5, discharge, and 30 days after discharge];hospital readmission based on state-wide hospital admissions information system[within 30 days of discharge];mortality based on hospital records and telephone follow-up[in hospital or within 30 days of discharge];cost-utility analysis based on EQ5D and hospital costing database[30 days after discharge];Mortality based on statewide death registry data[6 months after hospital admission];Hospital readmissions from state-wide hospital admissions registry[6 months from discharge]