A randomised trial of patient centred intervention to reduce re-presentations of older people at risk after discharge from the emergency department
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Geriatric syndromesDepressionPolypharmacyCognitive impairmentPhysical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Other physical medicine / rehabilitationPublic Health - Health service research
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12612000798864
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of Western Australia
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 300
Inclusion Criteria
1. Age at least 65 years old
2. Live in geographical area of Perth Western Australia covered by post discharge community services
3. Identified as high risk (approximately 35% or higher probability) for re-presentation based on our risk algorithm
4. Informed consent
5. Meet occupational health and safety policy on safe home and community visiting
Exclusion Criteria
1. Resident of high level aged care facility
2. No fixed residential address
3. Currently under palliative care services, or deemed not likely to survive longer than 90 days
4. Discharged without ED care coordination team assessment
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method