Feasibility of a telephone support service for older patients to improve quality of life after discharge from the emergency department.

Not Applicable

• Conditions: symptoms of depression; loneliness; social isolation; Mental Health - Other mental health disorders; Public Health - Health service research; Mental Health - Depression

• Registration Number: ACTRN12615000715572
• Lead Sponsor: Monash University

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2015-07-10
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Stopped early
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

Community-dwelling men and women, aged 70 years or more, who attend the Emergency Department (ED), and screen positive for symptoms of social isolation, depression and/or loneliness, with the Social Isolation Index, Geriatric Depression Scale–5 items (GDS-5) and/or UCLA 3-item Loneliness Scale

Exclusion Criteria

Patients triaged in ED as category 1 or 2 level of urgency, or requiring surgery; living in nursing care homes; receiving end-of life care or likely to be approaching end-of-life within 12 months using the Supportive Care and Palliative Care Indicators Tool (SPICT) criteria; with moderate to severe cognitive impairment: Montreal Cognitive Assessment <18 (MoCA); with a confirmed diagnosis of dementia or severe mental illness such as schizophrenia or psychosis; or an inability or unwillingness to communicate by telephone

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified