Gait Speed at Discharge as a Marker for Readmission

Gait Speed at Discharge as a Marker for Readmission - The GASP Study

Status

Not yet recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03049865

Acronym

GASP

Enrollment

1000

Registered

2017-02-10

Start date

2017-02-09

Completion date

2027-12-31

Last updated

2017-02-10

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Conditions

All Disease That May Require Acute Hospitalization Except for Phsychiatric Disease

Brief summary

The principal aim is to assess if a simple test, the time it takes to walk 10 meters for a patient about to be discharged after a hospital stay for an acute illness, is related to the risk of readmission.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

51 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* \>50 years of age Patient discharged to home, or temporary short stay nursing home Expected survival \>90 days The ability to read or understand the instructions and to give informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

* Planned hospital stay, i.e. the patient was admitted electively The including investigator is directly involved in the care of the patient

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Readmission	30 days

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Readmissions	90,180, 365 days
All-cause mortality	6, 12, 24, 36, 60 months

Outcome results