Emergency Room Evaluation and Recommendations for Older Users of Emergency Departments

Jewish General Hospital

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Length of Hospital Stay; Multimorbidity; Elderly Care

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04022551

2020-1851

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study evaluates if the Emergency Room Evaluation and Recommendation Tool (ER2) reduces the hospital admission rate and the length of stay in Emergency.

Full description

Regardless of the reason for ED visit and its care plan, there are simple interventions, which may be continued to prevent short-term ED adverse outcomes. Delirium, motor deconditioning, adverse drug reactions due to polypharmacy, and inappropriate home support are the main conditions to target when taking care of older ER users.

Evidence based medicine showed that simple and early intervention in the process of care may prevent delirium (e.g., hydration, avoid restraint, mobilize and satisfy basic needs, time and place reorientation) and motor deconditioning (e.g., encourage mobility, up to chair at meal time during day light hours, provide appropriate walking aid) in older patients. The medication reconciliation is also an efficient intervention for the prevention of adverse drug reactions. Furthermore, an early assessment of home support is a crucial step to adjust home services for an early discharge to home.

Enrollment: 4,724 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 75+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Being 75 years old and over
• Being brought at Emergency on medical stretcher

Exclusion criteria

• Being less than 75 years old
• Never come at Emergency

Trial design

4,724 participants in 1 patient group

Observational

Description:

At Emergency nurses will carry out a test called: Emergency Room Evaluation and Recommendation which contents the following statements: 1. Being 85 years older and over (Yes/No) 2. Male (Yes/No) 3. Home services (Yes/No) 4. Taking 5 different medication daily (Yes/No) 5. Use of walking aid (Yes/No) 6. Disoriented (Yes/No)