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Frailty Screening in the Swedish Emergency Department Setting

NCT04877028 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 1800

Last updated 2022-06-23

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Summary

This prospective observational study will investigate the correlation of frailty in relation to serious outcomes. Serious outcomes are defined as: mortality within 30 days, admission to hospital, length of stay in the Emergency Department(ED), in hospital length of stay and revisits to the ED.

The exposure, frailty, will be assessed according to Clinical Frailty Scale. ED patients \>65 years of age in a Swedish regional health care system (Region Östergötland, Sweden) comprising three EDs in Linköping, Norrköping and Motala. The outcomes will be compared according to the degree of frailty and censored over 7, 30 and 90 days respectively.

Conditions

  • Frailty
  • Frailty Syndrome
  • Emergency Department
  • Geriatric Assessment
  • CFS

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital, Linkoeping

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-05-17
Primary Completion
2021-11-14
Completion
2021-11-14

Countries

  • Sweden

Study Locations

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Diseases

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