Status:
COMPLETED
Individual and Environmental Risk Factors of Unplanned Admissions of Elderly
Lead Sponsor:
Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Conditions:
Ageing
Eligibility:
All Genders
80+ years
Brief Summary
The aim of this multicenter study is to investigate risk factors for unplanned hospitalizations, including individual and environmental factors, notably air pollution.
Detailed Description
Background: Chronic diseases failed concerned people, notably elderly which accumulate them. Failure of failed organ in oldest old citizens (80 and over) often leads to unplanned hospitalization which...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patient aged 80 and over presenting to the emergency department (ED) for medical concern eventually associated with social concern and admitted in a medical or surgical ward.
- Three hospitals, two located in the Paris area and one in Champagne, offering emergency care and providing geriatric services will be involved in the study.
Exclusion
- Refusal of the patient or of helping him to sign informed consent
- Refusal of the patient or of helping him to answer
- Premature exit before initial examination
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
July 1 2009
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
July 1 2017
Estimated Enrollment :
973 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00986739
Start Date
July 1 2009
End Date
July 1 2017
Last Update
September 12 2017
Active Locations (2)
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1
hopital Ambroise Paré
Boulogne-Billancourt, France, 92100
2
Service de Court Séjour Gériatrique, CHU DE REIMS, HOPITAL MAISON-BLANCHE
Reims, France, 51092