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Impact of an Allied Health Team in the Emergency Department on Older Adults' Care

NCT03739515 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 354

Last updated 2019-09-06

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The study aims to examine the impact of implementing a dedicated team of Health and Social Care Professionals (HSCPs) in the emergency department (ED) of a large Irish hospital on the quality, safety and cost-effectiveness of care for older adults (aged ≥65). Early assessment and intervention provided by the HSCP team will be compared to routine ED care to explore potential benefits related to key ED outcomes, including length of stay as well as hospital admissions and patient satisfaction/quality of life.

This study is part of an ongoing interdisciplinary project funded by the Health Research Board of Ireland through the Research Collaborative on Quality and Patient Safety (RCQPS) Grant Call 2017. The project is led by Dr Rose Galvin, Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy at the University of Limerick (UL, Ireland), and overseen by an interdisciplinary steering group of expert researchers and clinicians in Emergency Medicine and Allied Health.

Conditions

  • ED-based Allied Health Services

Interventions

OTHER

HSCP intervention

A team of HSCPs (physiotherapist, occupational therapist, medical social worker) will provide comprehensive functional assessment to older patients

OTHER

ED routine care

ED staff including consultants and nurses will provide patients with routine ED medical care.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital of Limerick

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Limerick

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Rose Galvin, PhD · University of Limerick

  • Damien Ryan, PhD · University Hospital of Limerick

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-12-03
Primary Completion
2019-11-30
Completion
2019-11-30

Countries

  • Ireland

Study Locations

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