A Qualitative Study of "What Matters" to Older Adults in the Emergency Department.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The "4Ms" model - What Matters, Medication, Mentation, and Mobility - is increasingly gaining attention in age-friendly health systems, yet a feasible approach to identifying what matters to older adults in the emergency department (ED) is lacking. Adapting the "What Matters" questions to the ED setting, we sought to describe the concerns and desired outcomes of both older adult patients seeking ED care and their treating clinicians.

Methods

We conducted 46 dyadic semi-structured interviews of cognitively intact older adults and their treating clinicians. We used the "What Matters" conversation guide to explore patients' 1) concerns and 2) desired outcomes. We then asked analogous questions to each patient's treating clinician regarding the patient's priorities.

SUBMITTER: Gettel CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9391017 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature