Impact of an assessment and care planning protocol for frail elderly patients in acute care

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12605000568617

Enrollment

600

Registered

2005-09-30

Start date

2002-08-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

The efficacy of a multi-disciplinary consultative service offered to selected "frail" general medical patients, recruited at admission, is tested using an RCT design. The primary outcome is the ability of the intervention to reduce use of institutional care (hospital and residential care) over a 6 month period from the date of entry.

Interventions

Comprehensive geriatric assessment and inpatient follow-up. The intervention was offered throughout the initial patient episode until discharge from hospital.

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Diagnosis

Masking

Blinded (masking used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

65 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Acute medical admission; expected to stay > 48 hours; meets 2 of a suite of additional "frailty" criteria.

Exclusion criteria

No exclusion criteria

Outcome results