Influence of the Geriatric Assessment on the duration ofhospitalization of older, multi-morbid patients

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• Conditions: MULTIMORBIDITY

• Registration Number: DRKS00017094
• Lead Sponsor: niversitätsklinikum Köln - Zentrum für Innere Medizin

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2019-04-17
• Study Completion: 2020-07-16
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 165

Inclusion Criteria

All geriatric patients can be chosen for inclusion. The inclusion criteria are:
1 ) Patient has been hospitalized at the time of the survey on the station 15.II = 2 days
2 ) patient is born before 1953
3 ) hospitalization due to acute illness or exacerbation of chronic disease
4 ) patient should be placed in a position informed consent for study participation or has a legal representative of this for him takes over

Exclusion Criteria

1 ) Patient has been hospitalized at the time of the survey on the station for more than 2 days before 15.II
2 ) patient was born after 1953
3 ) Patient is not giving capable his informed consent for study participation and has no legal representative can do that for him
4 ) patient is not to participate due to lack of German language skills in a position in the survey

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
- quality of life<br>- MPI<br>- re-hospitalization<br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
- mortality<br>- Use of instrumental - diagnostic procedures<br>- Use of artificial nutrition<br>- Use of outpatient care<br>- Institutionalization<br>- Medicines Number<br>- Re- / hospitalization, especially at the same ward<br>- Geriatric Syndromes<br>- Geriatric resources<br>