Identification of Risk Patients in Emergency Medical Services
NCT ID: NCT03759314
Last Updated: 2022-01-31
Study Results
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
500 participants
OBSERVATIONAL
2018-09-01
2022-01-28
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Material and method: Identification of poor nutrition is carried out in the Helsinki University hospital area. All people over the age of 70 requiring ambulance transport will be included in the study for 4 months during 2018. A structured electronic form is used to identify the malnutrition, the level of cognitive functioning activity and the risk of falling. The assessment is performed during the transport. The data is analyzed by the SPSS statistical program both by descriptive and statistical significance by looking at the methods suitable for the data.
Conclusion: The information produced by the research aims to develop (a) Identifying in the ambulance those patients who are at risk; and (b) activating nursing staff and nutritionists and, by means of these measures, increase the number of patients receiving effective nutrition therapy.
Conditions
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Study Design
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OTHER
RETROSPECTIVE
Interventions
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Observation
to use a simple screening tool to find out the risk of falling, the nutritional status and the level of cognitive functioning activity
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
70 Years
104 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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University of Helsinki
OTHER
Helsinki University Central Hospital
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Marja Mäkinen
Researcher
Locations
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Department of Emergency Medicine and Services, Helsinki University Hospital and Helsinki University, Helsinki, Finland
Helsinki, Helsinki Usimaa, Finland
Countries
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Other Identifiers
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§50, 27.3.2018
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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