Evaluations, Health Care, Health Impairment, Older People
Conditions
Brief summary
This study evaluates the association between risk levels (i.e.; low, moderate and high) of Emergency Room Tool (ER2) and length of stay in older Emergency Room Tool (ER) users admitted to the medical or surgery wards of the Jewish General Hospital.
Detailed description
The Emergency Room Tool (ER2) assessment can be used by Emergency Department nurses taking care of older Emergency Department (ED) users on stretcher, and that ER2 moderate and high risk levels is associated with long length of stay in Emergency Department and hospital as well as hospital admissions.
Interventions
OTHEREmergency Room Evaluation Tool (ER2)
Emergency Room Evaluation Tool represents a screening method that will be used at the Emergency by nurses. This tool evaluates the health conditions of all the patients who are 75 years and over.
Sponsors
Jewish General Hospital
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
75 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Being 75 years and over * An unplanned Emergency Department visit and to be on a stretcher.
Exclusion criteria
-Being 74 years and less
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Short-term adverse events | In around 30 days | By using the Emergency Room Evaluation Tool( ER2), we will indirectly evaluate the length of hospital stay. The calculation will be done in days and hours. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Usability of assessment tool | 24 hours in Emergency | Patients at Emergency Room will be valuated by using the Emergency Room Evaluation Tool(ER2). Based on the ER2 results, it would be evaluated the usability of the Emergency Room screening tool. |
Countries
Canada
Outcome results
None listed