Older patients with geriatric profile admitted to cardiac care units Circulatory System
Conditions
Interventions
Nurse-led geriatric co-management programme, including a comprehensive geriatric assessment on hospital admission, risk stratification, daily follow-up by geriatrics team until hospital discharge, imp
Sponsors
KU Leuven
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients aged 75 years or older admitted for acute cadiovascular disease or transcatheter aortic valve implentation to the cardiac care units of the University Hospitals Leuven 2. Healthcare professionals working on the acute cardiac care units of the University Hospitals Leuven
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Length of stay < 3 days 2. No baseline assessment (included transfers from other units or hospitals) 3. Unable to complete assessment 4. No inform consent 5. Receiving palliative care
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Experiences with the programme, including self-perceived acceptability and self-perceived feasibility, measured using structured interviews with questionnaires during hospitalisation. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Measured during hospitalisation on the cardiac care unit. This is case dependent (some patients have a long length of stay, others short) and there is no one fixed timepoint: 1. Reach of the programme, measured using registrations in the electronic patient record 2. Fidelity, measured suing registrations in the electronic patient record 3. Dose, measured suing registrations in the electronic patient record 4. Determinants for implementation, measured using a questionnaire and interviews | — |
Countries
Belgium
Outcome results
None listed