Screening of Psycho-cognitive Troubles in Elderly Patients

Completed

• Conditions: Psycho-cognitive Troubles

• Registration Number: NCT00831805
• Lead Sponsor: Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Brief Summary

The main objective of the study is to assess the rate of patients with psycho-cognitive troubles among hospitalised elderly patients.

Detailed Description

It also aims to assess this rate among patients 1) when the geriatrics mobile unit is involved in the screening of these troubles and 2) when it is not.

All the patients (75 and older) hospitalised in the internal medicine department of a suburban Parisian hospital are included in the study and their psycho-cognitive functions assessed by a geriatrics physician, using 3 validated tests.

The result of this screening provides the rate of psycho-cognitive troubles among patients that would not have been tested by a geriatrics physician in usual care. It assesses the interest of a systematic evaluation of elderly patients by the geriatric mobile unit.

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2008-12
• Study Start: 2008-12
• Study First Submitted: 2008-12-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2009-01-28
• Study First Posted: 2009-01-29
• Primary Completion: 2009-06
• Study Completion: 2009-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2012-01-18
• Last Update Posted: 2012-01-19

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 200

Inclusion Criteria

• patients aged 75 years old or more
• hospitalised in internal medicine

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Exclusion Criteria

• patient confused (interference with the assessment of psycho-cognitive functions)
• diagnosis of dementia at admission
• refusal of the patient or close relative for participating in the study
• poor understanding of French language
• hospitalisation for less than 3 nights

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Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
rate of patients with psycho-cognitive troubles among hospitalised elderly patients	1 day

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
rates of patients with psycho-cognitive troubles 1) when the geriatrics mobile unit is involved in the screening of these troubles and 2) when it is not; and comparison of these rates	1 day
comparison of the rates of diagnosed dementia among 300 hospitalised patients, between 2006 and 2008 (before and after the creation of the geriatric mobile unit)	2 years

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Hopital Louis Mourier, Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris; 🇫🇷 Colombes, France