An additional Saturday allied health service for Geriatric Evaluation and Management to reduce patient length of stay and increase functional independence

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Geriatric Evaluation and Management; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Other physical medicine / rehabilitation; Public Health - Health service research

• Registration Number: ACTRN12616001473459
• Lead Sponsor: Eastern Health

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2016-10-24
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 900

Inclusion Criteria

All patients admitted for Geriatric Evaluation and Management in the two participating wards during the data collection phase

Exclusion Criteria

1. Patients not admitted under Geriatric Evaluation and Management (e.g. for Transition Care Program).
2. Patients admitted prior to the data collection phase will be excluded.
3. Patients readmitted to Geriatric Evaluation and Management after a previous Geriatric Evaluation and Management admission during the data collection phase will be considered to have been admitted during the initial admission.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
ength of stay in Geriatric Evaluation and Management[Discharge from Geriatric Evaluation and Management];Functional Independence Measure (FIM) expressed as difference between discharge and admission, and FIM efficiency (change in FIM per day)[Discharge from Geriatric Evaluation and Management];Incremental cost effectiveness ratio incorporating the FIM score[30 days post discharge from Geriatric Evaluation and Management]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Discharge destination categorised as a) home fully independent, b) home informal support, c) home professional support, d) residential care, e) transition care program, e) other[Discharge from Geriatric Evaluation and Management];Readmission to Eastern Health hospital in the first 30 days after discharge describing length of stay and reason for readmission[30 days post discharge from Geraitric Evaluation and Management]