Systematic geriatric assessment for older patients with frailty in the emergency department: a randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Comprehensive geriatric assessment provided in hospital wards in frail patients admitted to hospital has been shown to reduce mortality and increase the likelihood of living at home later. Systematic geriatric assessment provided in emergency departments (ED) may be effective for reducing days in hospital and unnecessary hospital admissions, but this has not yet been proven in randomised trials.

Methods

We conducted a single-centre, randomised controlled trial with a parallel-group, superiority design in an academic hospital ED. ED patients aged ≥ 75 years who were frail, or at risk of frailty, as defined by the Clinical Frailty Scale, were included in the trial. Patients were recruited during the period between December 11, 2018 and June 7, 2019, and followed up

SUBMITTER: Alakare J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8252275 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature