Screening of the Frailty Degree in the Emergency Department Short Stay Unit

• Conditions: Frail Elderly Syndrome

• Registration Number: NCT04812834
• Lead Sponsor: Fundació Institut de Recerca de l'Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau

Brief Summary

Screen all those\> 65 years of age admitted to the Short Stay Unit for frailty, and detect those who are potentially fragile.

Detailed Description

Demographic change has led to a change in the profile and age of hospitalized patients, an increase in age and in patients with multiple chronic diseases and more complex health needs is observed.

Frailty is known to impact patient health outcomes with medical and surgical procedures. Thus, frailty is correlated with a greater presence of delirium, longer stays, a greater requirement for complementary examinations, a greater presence of mortality and other post-surgical complications, more dependence, more risks derived from hospitalization, and a greater need for convalescence after discharge.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-02-24
• Status Verified: 2021-03
• Study First Submitted: 2021-03-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-03-22
• Study First Posted: 2021-03-24
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-03-26
• Last Update Posted: 2021-04-01
• Primary Completion: 2022-02-24
• Study Completion: 2023-02-24

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 300

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients over 65 years of age admitted to the Short Stay Unit

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients under 65 years of age admitted to the Short Stay Unit

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
To know the degree of frailty with the frail VIG index in patients admitted to the short-stay unit	12 months	The Frail Vig index ("VIG" is the spanish/catalan abbreviation for Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment) is a new, more concise Frailty index for rapid geriatric assessment, which contains 22 simple questions that assess 25 different deficits. The Frail VIG index score assesses the degree of frailty as a continuous variable. The value of the Frail VIG index is between 0 (absence of frailty) and 0.7 (severe frailty)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Fundació Institut de Recerca de l'Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau; 🇪🇸 Barcelona, Spain