Risk for Short-term Adverse Events in Older Emergency Department Users

Not Applicable

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Health Impairment; Older People; Evaluations; Health Care
• Interventions: Other: Emergency Room Evaluation Tool (ER2)

• Registration Number: NCT03964311
• Lead Sponsor: Jewish General Hospital

Brief Summary

This study evaluates the association between risk levels (i.e.; low, moderate and high) of Emergency Room Tool (ER2) and length of stay in older Emergency Room Tool (ER) users admitted to the medical or surgery wards of the Jewish General Hospital.

Detailed Description

The Emergency Room Tool (ER2) assessment can be used by Emergency Department nurses taking care of older Emergency Department (ED) users on stretcher, and that ER2 moderate and high risk levels is associated with long length of stay in Emergency Department and hospital as well as hospital admissions.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2019-05-23
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-05-24
• Study First Posted: 2019-05-28
• Study Start: 2019-06-04
• Primary Completion: 2021-12-01
• Status Verified: 2024-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-02-22
• Last Update Posted: 2024-02-23
• Study Completion: 2025-01-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 5000

Inclusion Criteria

• Being 75 years and over
• An unplanned Emergency Department visit and to be on a stretcher.

Exclusion Criteria

-Being 74 years and less

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Emergency Room Evaluation Tool (ER2)	Emergency Room Evaluation Tool (ER2)	Patients who are 75 years and over, and who are brought to Emergency in stretchers will be evaluated based on the Emergency Room Evaluation Tool (ER2).

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Short-term adverse events	In around 30 days	By using the Emergency Room Evaluation Tool( ER2), we will indirectly evaluate the length of hospital stay. The calculation will be done in days and hours.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Usability of assessment tool	24 hours in Emergency	Patients at Emergency Room will be valuated by using the Emergency Room Evaluation Tool(ER2). Based on the ER2 results, it would be evaluated the usability of the Emergency Room screening tool.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Jewish General Hospital; 🇨🇦 Montréal, Quebec, Canada