The Charlson Comorbidity Index: Predicting Severity in Emergency Departments

Emergency Medicine Clinical Trial

— Charlson  

Official title:

The Charlson Comorbidity Index: Predicting Severity in Emergency Departments

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04328519
• Other study ID #: Ataturkuniversity
• Status: Completed
• Start date: October 1, 2018
• Est. completion date: January 1, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: March 2020
• Source: Ataturk University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Objective: The Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) is a comorbidity scale used widely throughout the world. It uses patients' preoperative and intraoperative morbidity factors to evaluate morbidity and mortality risk. Though the CCI has widespread use, it has not been evaluated in patients attending at ES, and its relationship with patient readmission has not been shown previously. In this study, we aimed to show whether there is a correlation between the CCI value and the number of repeated admissions to emergency services and that the CCI value can be used as a predicted factor for the serious patients.

Matherials and Methods: This was a prospective observational cross-sectional study. Age, gender, vital signs of the patients who agreed to participate in the study was recorded. Numbers of emergency service applications in the last 6 months and CCI score have been recorded.

Description:

This study showed that CCI score can be used for identify serious patient in emergency service.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 1
• Est. completion date: January 1, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: October 7, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Admitted patients were told about the study, and those who agreed to participate were included

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients who did not wish to participate in the study

• Patients who were unable to work or who had problems with consciousness

• Patients with non-hospital cardiopulmonary arrest

• Patients who had previously participated in the study (readmitted patients)

• Patients who had accessed ES for the same or a similar complaint within the last seven days

• < 18 years' old

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Emergencies
• Emergency Medicine

Intervention

Other:
• observation
observation

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Abdullah Osman Kocak	Erzurum

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Ataturk University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	determine the severity of patients. to identify patients who need hospitalization. determine the severity of patients.	to identify patients who need hospitalization.	2018