A pre-post interventional study of introducing emergency department (ED)-exit pain score to improve acute pain management in older adults and evaluating its association with hospital associated complications

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Pressure sore(s); Delirium; Pneumonia; Falls; Extended hospital length of stay; Emergency medicine - Other emergency care; Pain; Hospital re-presentation; Injuries and Accidents - Other injuries and accidents

• Registration Number: ACTRN12622000897763
• Lead Sponsor: Royal North Shore Hospital Emergency Department

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2022-06-23
• Last Update Posted: 27 June 2022

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 708

Inclusion Criteria

•Patients aged greater than or equal to 65 years presenting with pain (sources all inclusive – abdominal, musculoskeletal, non-cardiac chest pain)
•Not requiring operative intervention
•If admitted to the hospital, minimum LOS greater than or equal to 48 hours

Exclusion Criteria

•Patients under the age of 65 years
•Headache, cardiac chest pain
•Hospital LOS less than or equal to 48 hours
•Medically unstable patients requiring admission to intensive or palliative care units
•Concurrent ED presentation with delirium (hypo- and/or hyperactive)
•History of psychiatric disorders
•History of chronic pain on long-term (greater than or equal to 3 months) use of opioid analgesics

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified