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Loss of Independence - a Rapid Alternative to Frailty Screening in a Swedish ED Setting

NCT04888884 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 1800

Last updated 2022-05-04

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Summary

This prospective observational study will investigate the correlation of a surrogate marker 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 Loss of Independence (LOI) a possible low-cost quick tool to identify frailty in patients. The study population will be 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.

Conditions

  • Frailty
  • Frailty Syndrome
  • Emergency Department
  • Geriatric Assessment

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital, Linkoeping

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Daniel Wilhelms, PhD · Linkoeping University

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-09-27
Primary Completion
2021-12-31
Completion
2021-12-31

Countries

  • Sweden

Study Locations

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