GeRIatric Multidisciplinary Meeting

Geriatric Disorders Clinical Trial

— GRIMM  

Official title:

Modeling of the Geriatric Multidisciplinary Meeting of the Angers University Hospital

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03579056
• Other study ID #: 2017-06
• Status: Completed
• Start date: February 16, 2017
• Est. completion date: September 4, 2017

Study information

• Verified date: October 2017
• Source: University Hospital, Angers
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The primary objective of this study is to develop a typology of patients referred to the Geriatric Multidisciplinary Meeting (GMM) according to their demographic and clinical profile.

The secondary objectives are:

• To distinguish the different types of answers given by the GMM according to the demands and situations.

• To study the factors associated with the orientation proposed by the GMM

• To examine the adequacy between the orientation proposed by the GMM and the pathway actually taken

• To compare the diagnoses made during the following year with the data collected during the GMM

Description:

Increasing attention is paid to care pathways for elderly according to the principle of good care applied to the right patient at the right time and in the most appropriate care structure.

Since 2007, the geriatric mobile team (GMT) of the Angers University Hospital has formalized a geriatric multidisciplinary meeting (GMM) in connection with the geriatric network and branch of the geographical sector, in order to optimize the provision of care for elderly patients at the territorial level.

The weekly GMM brings together physicians from the geriatric department (GMT, acute care unit), memory center, long-term care and skilled nursing facilities, cognitive behavioral unit, psychiatry, retirement home, the local geriatric network of the city of Angers, the local information and coordination center, the home for autonomy and integration of Alzheimer patients (MAIA) and specialized Alzheimer (ESA) teams. Requests come either University Hospital services or from outside, via a standardized form. If necessary, additional data collection is carried out before the meeting by telephone with the patient, his family or the general practitioner. A letter explaining the decision of the GMM is sent to the applicant physician and to the general practitioner and recorded in the patient file.

Collegial guidance decisions within the health care system seem to follow implicit rules. Given the growing number of files presented, the investigators want to theorize the adopted mode of reflection.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 734
• Est. completion date: September 4, 2017
• Est. primary completion date: September 4, 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 64 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• All the files discussed in GMM in the year 2015 following a request for geriatric care addressed to the Geriatrics department of the UH

Exclusion Criteria:

• No one

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Geriatric Disorders

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
France	Angers University Hospital	Angers

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University Hospital, Angers

Country where clinical trial is conducted

France, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	The demographic characteristics and medico-social data provided by the physician and the family at the time of the consultation request	The demographic characteristics are age, sex, marital status, place of life, career, presence of un/formal assistance, …	baseline
Secondary	The answer given by the GMM	This outcome is assessed by the guidance proposal issued by GMM	baseline
Secondary	The orientation proposed by the GMM	The recommendations made by GMM	baseline
Secondary	The adequacy between the orientation proposed by the GMM and the pathway actually taken : back in the previous structure, hospitalization, reorientation, entry to a nursing home, other :	The course of care carried out at the Angers UH after the GMM	baseline and during the following year
Secondary	The diagnoses made during the following year with the data collected during the GMM : Alzheimer's disease, mixed dementia, body lewy, Parkinson's disease, frontotemporal dementia, vascular dementia, other	Diagnoses carried out at the Angers UH after the GMM	baseline and during the following year