Evaluation of the Triage Risk Screening Tool

Evaluation of the Triage Risk Screening Tool (TRST) as Screening Instrument Elderly Subject Fragility at the Accident and Emergency Department

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03544957

Acronym

TRST-U

Enrollment

199

Registered

2018-06-04

Start date

2018-10-01

Completion date

2019-04-01

Last updated

2019-08-28

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Conditions

Elderly Subject Fragility

Keywords

Screening instrument

Brief summary

This study tried to describe diagnostic properties of TRST completed by an emergency doctor, for screening process for fragility of elderly subjects admitted at the accident and emergency department.

Detailed description

A constant increase of emergencies admission of elderly subjects is registered. The current problem is the identification and early screening of these patients upon admission at the accident and emergency department for early tracking in geriatric network. This early assessment could allow a shorter waiting time, a better orientation of patients and a decrease in the number of re-hospitalization. There are many screening process for fragility tests but there seem to be nonspecifically. The advantage of TRST is its simplicity and speed of filling. In 2015, Duc et al. have found that TRST may be a screening instrument for elderly subject and is going to require geriatric mobile team (GMT) for evaluation. Unfortunately, the threshold may be too sensitive and GMT solicitation is too high.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

75 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Patients who are more than 75 years old * Admitted to the emergency department for medical or surgical reason * Admitted from Monday to Friday (8h30 AM- 6h PM)

Exclusion criteria

* Patient with specific care (vital emergency, urgent surgery) * Patient or his support person opposing the use of data

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
TRST-U	Day 1	Triage Risk Screening Tool completed by an emergency doctor

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
TRST-G	Day 1	Triage Risk Screening Tool completed by a geriatrician
SEGA instrument	Day 1	Evaluation of TRST versus SEGA instrument (gold standard)

Countries

France

Outcome results