Urgent Care for the Elderly: Impairment and Home Care Services
- Conditions
- Impaired
- Registration Number
- NCT02900391
- Lead Sponsor
- European Georges Pompidou Hospital
- Brief Summary
Elderly population is increasing quickly and their need for health care ressources through emergency care is also growing. While these patients are ageing physical impairment often happens along the way. Apart from senior homes, different types and levels of home care services have been developped in order to overcome or to adapt to these situations.
Our goals are:
* to assess mortality rate depending on home care services level for the elderly population consulting in the ED or being taken in charge by the Emergency Medical System in France.
* to describe this population in terms of autonomy, impairment and home care services
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 3200
- patients aged 80 and over
- aged<80 years old
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Mortality rate at hospital discharge At hospital discharge or 30 days at most Mortality rate at hospital discharge
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Admission rate Admission is decided on the first 24 hours after EMS or ED care, the day of the inclusion Admission in a medical, surgical or psychiatric unit are considered
Level of home care services Questionnaires given the day of the inclusion Different items in a questionnaire are asked to the patient or family concerning weekly home care services use for patient usually (which type and how often)
Level of health care ressources During the ED visit (less than 24 hours), the day of the inclusion Lab investigations, radiology, surgery, treatment administered