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

Not Applicable
Conditions
MULTIMORBIDITY
Registration Number
DRKS00017094
Lead Sponsor
niversitätsklinikum Köln - Zentrum für Innere Medizin
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

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
NameTimeMethod
- quality of life<br>- MPI<br>- re-hospitalization<br>
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
- 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>
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