A physiotherapy-led transition to home intervention for older adults following emergency department discharge: protocol for a pilot feasibility randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Older adults frequently attend the emergency department (ED) and experience high rates of adverse outcomes following ED presentation including functional decline, ED re-presentation and unplanned hospital admission. The development of effective interventions to prevent such outcomes is a key priority for research and service provision. This paper reports a protocol designed to evaluate the feasibility of conducting a three arm randomised controlled trial (RCT) within the ED setting and in the patient's home. The interventions are comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA), ED PLUS and usual care.

Methods

The ED PLUS pilot trial is designed as a feasibility RCT conducted in the ED and Acute Medical Assessment Unit of a university teaching hospital in the mid-west reg

SUBMITTER: Conneely M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8720939 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature