Screening of Psycho-cognitive Troubles in Elderly Patients

Impact of a Geriatric Mobile Unit on the Screening of Psycho-cognitive Troubles in Internal Medicine Departments and Circumstances of Calling in This Unit.

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00831805

Acronym

EMG

Enrollment

200

Registered

2009-01-29

Start date

2008-12-31

Completion date

2009-07-31

Last updated

2012-01-19

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Conditions

Psycho-cognitive Troubles

Keywords

geriatrics, psycho-cognitive troubles, elderly, mobile unit, elderly patients

Brief summary

The main objective of the study is to assess the rate of patients with psycho-cognitive troubles among hospitalised elderly patients.

Detailed description

It also aims to assess this rate among patients 1) when the geriatrics mobile unit is involved in the screening of these troubles and 2) when it is not. All the patients (75 and older) hospitalised in the internal medicine department of a suburban Parisian hospital are included in the study and their psycho-cognitive functions assessed by a geriatrics physician, using 3 validated tests. The result of this screening provides the rate of psycho-cognitive troubles among patients that would not have been tested by a geriatrics physician in usual care. It assesses the interest of a systematic evaluation of elderly patients by the geriatric mobile unit.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

ECOLOGIC_OR_COMMUNITY

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

75 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* patients aged 75 years old or more * hospitalised in internal medicine

Exclusion criteria

* patient confused (interference with the assessment of psycho-cognitive functions) * diagnosis of dementia at admission * refusal of the patient or close relative for participating in the study * poor understanding of French language * hospitalisation for less than 3 nights

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
rate of patients with psycho-cognitive troubles among hospitalised elderly patients	1 day

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
rates of patients with psycho-cognitive troubles 1) when the geriatrics mobile unit is involved in the screening of these troubles and 2) when it is not; and comparison of these rates	1 day
comparison of the rates of diagnosed dementia among 300 hospitalised patients, between 2006 and 2008 (before and after the creation of the geriatric mobile unit)	2 years

Countries

France

Outcome results