Return to the ED and hospitalisation following minor injuries among older persons treated in the emergency department: predictors among independent seniors within 6 months.

ABSTRACT:

Background

minor traumatic injuries among independent older people have received little attention to date, but increasingly the impact of such injuries is being recognised.

Objectives

we assessed the frequency and predictors of acute health care use, defined as return to the emergency department (ED) or hospitalisation.

Study design

national multicentre prospective observational study.

Setting

eight Canadian teaching EDs between April 2009 and April 2013.

Participants

a total of 1,568 patients aged 65-100 years, independent in basic activities of daily living, discharged from ED following a minor traumatic injury.

Methods

trained assessors measured baseline data including demographics, functional status, cognition, comorbidities, frailty and injur

SUBMITTER: Lee J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4476849 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature