An Intervention for Elderly in Emergency Services

Stroke Clinical Trial

Official title:

Elderly in Emergency Services: Effectiveness of an Intervention to Improve Health Outcomes

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01706133
• Other study ID #: R-201 l-785-056
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: October 10, 2012
• Last updated: February 3, 2015
• Start date: June 2013

Study information

• Verified date: February 2015
• Source: Coordinación de Investigación en Salud, Mexico
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Mexico: Coordinación de Investigación en Salud
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

-Can a scheme based on inter geriatricians visiting nurse consultants and reduce negative impacts on the health of elderly over 70 years ?

Description:

• Usual care as the comparison group

Usual care or standard refers to those processes or services that the elderly claimant receives the IMSS services network, after the acute phase of their illness has been stabilized and is defined that can be discharged from the emergency department, following clinical and therapeutic recommendations for improving their health.

• Elders risk population for emergency

The aging population brings a major change in health conditions and social conditions around the elderly, the analysis of the elderly population is considered according to functionality and risks of old age, when it comes to care services emergency, care becomes more critical as the elderly are older, have been identified adults of 70 and over as more vulnerable to health services, especially for the emergency services as they do not exhibit classic patterns to acute events of prevalent diseases.

• Functionality and dependence

The commitment of the functionality in adults older than 65 may be present in 5% of cases, while in over 70 years this figure rises to 50% or more. Functional impairment may be a "marker" of the effect of systemic disease on the patient and is also an indicator of severity of disease because it measures the ability of independence

The accumulation of normal aging characteristics define a threshold, which once pierced, tends to increase the propensity for loss of functional abilities due to aging. However, not everyone ages the same way, since factors such as inherited genetic capital, especially the accumulation of risks associated with lifestyle and work activities, and the opportunity to identify the disease in its period latency coupled with the accessibility and use of health services, can delay or exacerbate the loss of functionality and increase the dependency of the elderly.

• Quality of life of older

Frailty in the elderly is a state of increased susceptibility due to less booking multiple physiological systems resulting in lower resilience, negative energy balance, sarcopenia, decreased strength and reduced exercise tolerance. Frailty is associated with adverse health outcomes such as institutionalization, falls, reduced performance status and increased mortality.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 1400
• Est. primary completion date: March 2014
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 70 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adults 70 and over.

• Both sexes

• Affiliation force in the IMSS

• Attending spontaneously or referred to the emergency department of hospitals in the study.

• Agree to participate in the study phase in observational or intervention by signed written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Adults 70 and older whose income is service by:

a. A very serious acute condition with imminent risk to life and requires immediate emergency care, cataloged by the Triage system marked by the IMSS as Red or (state the patient's functional impairment characterized by high and low, with imminent risk life or the integrity and function of some of their organs and requires immediate medical attention since his arrival to the emergency room) or require emergency care (patient condition characterized by acute and severe functional impairment, life-threatening or the integrity and function of some of their organs and requires medical attention within the next 10 minutes after arrival at the emergency department).

• An automobile accident

• Burn-grade II or III

• Partial or total unconsciousness

• Severe cognitive impairment

2. Individuals who do not agree to participate in the study

Study Design

Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Health Services Research

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Diabetes Mellitus
• Emergencies
• Fragility
• Hypertension
• Ischemic Attack
• Stroke

Intervention

Other:
• Factors associated with the use of emergency departments
Participants who were assigned to the intervention will be evaluated jointly by the medical service by a medical specialist in geriatrics and a nurse trained in gerontology and geriatrics. The doctor will monitor the apparition and / or aggravation of any geriatric syndromes already established by the specialty in geriatrics, namely, polypharmacy, delirium, dementia, depression, risk of falls, etc.. The nurse will monitor and follow up in four areas I. medical issues (pressure ulcers, infusion, mobility); II. Mental and emotional state and coping strategies with hospitalization; III. functionality, and IV. Atmosphere (A. Service status, architectural difficulties for mobility, bathing etc. B. Support Network, caregiver, and C. hardship)

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Mexico	XXI Century National Medical	Mexico	Distrito Federal

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Coordinación de Investigación en Salud, Mexico	Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Mexico, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	Quantify hospital readmissions	Estimate the readmission to hospital adverse events in adults older than 70 years, underwent surgery and its comparison group from discharge from service	One Year	No
Primary	Change in hand grip strength (HS) as a physical performance test	A standardized technique and digital dynamometers (Exacta TM) wil lbe used, and the best result of two tests in the dominant hand will be used for analysis. No cut-off points will be applied; instead the variable will be assessed as a continuous one with kilograms as the units of measure.	Basal and Six months	No
Secondary	Evaluation of individual and institutional impact	Evaluate the impact of a scheme based on internal consultation geriatricians and home visiting nurses oriented elders 70 and over, in terms of individual outcomes and health services: a. Individual Impacts: a.1 Primary: • Fragility	Six Months	No