Missed Serious Medical Illness in Psychiatric Patients Seen in an Academic Emergency Department

NCT ID: NCT02589951

Last Updated: 2015-10-28

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 2200 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2014-10-31
• Study Completion Date: 2015-07-31

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the prevalence, etiology, and timing of missed Serious Medical Illness (SMI) in patients referred to adult psychiatry by emergency physicians, as well as to determine admission rates for SMI soon after discharge from an inpatient psychiatry admission.

Conditions

Psychiatric Patients, Serious Medical Illness

Study Design

• Study Time Perspective: RETROSPECTIVE

Interventions

admission to non-psychiatric service

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• All patients greater than or equal to 18 years of age presenting to London Health Sciences Centre, Victoria Hospital emergency department between October 1, 2014 - July 31, 2015 who were referred to adult psychiatry by the emergency physician.

Exclusion Criteria

• None

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Locations

Victoria site, London Health Sciences Centre

London, Ontario, Canada

Countries

Canada

Other Identifiers

REB 107073

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id