Feasibility and acceptability of the 'Acutely Presenting Older Patient' screener in routine emergency department care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

risk stratification tools for older patients in the emergency department (ED) have rarely been implemented successfully in routine care.

Objective

to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of the 'Acutely Presenting Older Patient' (APOP) screener, which identifies older ED patients at the highest risk of adverse outcomes within 2 minutes at presentation.

Design and setting

2-month prospective cohort study, after the implementation of the APOP screener in ED routine care in the Leiden University Medical Center.

Subjects

all consecutive ED patients aged ≥70 years.

Methods

feasibility of screening was assessed by measuring the screening rate and by identifying patient- and organisation-related determinants of screening completion. Acceptabili

SUBMITTER: Blomaard LC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7583525 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature