Triage Assessment and NEWS-score as Risk Predictor in Older Frailty Adults in the ED

Helsinki University Central Hospital (HUCH)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Frailty; Triage; Aged

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03783234

HUS/278/2018

Details and patient eligibility

About

Emergency Department Triage Systems have not been shown to sufficiently recognize frail elderly patients in need of urgent assessment and care. In this prospective, observational study the performance of the 3-level triage system and the National Early Warning Score (NEWS) 2 are assessed (separately and combined) for predicting adverse outcomes in older frailty patients visiting in the ED. Observational data for this study is gathered as part of GAOPS - main study (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03751319).

Enrollment: 1,711 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 75+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• "Clinical Frailty Scale" minimum 4 estimated at the arrival to the ED by nurse

Exclusion criteria

• Non-resident of the counties (City of Espoo, Kirkkonummi, Kauniainen) of the hospital district.

Trial design

1,711 participants in 1 patient group

Older Adult Patients

Description:

ED patients age of ≥ 75 who have nurse assessed Clinical Frailty Scale ≥ 4.