Physiotherapy Led Community Intervention for Older Adults Discharged From the Emergency Department

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

29 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-09-13

Study Completion Date

2022-06-13

Brief Summary

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ED PLUS Emergency Department Discharge Physiotherapy Led Community Service is a pilot feasibility randomized controlled trial investigating the role of an integrated care intervention consisting of comprehensive geriatrics assessment in older adults in the emergency department and a physiotherapy-led community based intervention.

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Detailed Description

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All patients who are aged 65 years and over will be screened using the Identification of Seniors at Risk (ISAR) Tool in the emergency department of a University Teaching Hospital. Those with a score of 2 or above in the ISAR and suitable for discharge home will be randomised. The first treatment arm will undergo geriatric medicine item directed Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) from admission to emergency department (ED). The non-treatment arm will under usual patient care. The second treatment arm will undergo geriatric medicine team directed CGA from admission to ED and a physiotherapy led community based 6 week intervention in the patient's home. A dedicated multidisciplinary team of geriatric medicine trainee, occupational therapist, physiotherapist and medical social worker will carry out the assessment. For those randomised to the second treatment arm, a physiotherapist will assess and carry out a 6 week interventions that arise from that assessment and liaise with the patients General Practitioner (GP), medical social worker and other health care professionals. The overall aims of ED PLUS are assess the feasibility of the 6 week physiotherapy led intervention. Feasibility will be determined by the following outcomes:

i) Recruitment rate

ii) Adherence rate

iii) Acceptability of the programme

iv) Retention

v) Incidents

The secondary aims are to improve function, reduce anxiety and depression, improve quality of life and prevent unnecessary ED admission.

Conditions

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Old Age; Debility Health Services for the Aged

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

The outcomes assessor will be unaware if the participant was in usual care, comprehensive geriatric assessment arm or the ED PLUS arm

Study Groups

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Usual care Control group

The usual care control group receives conventional care in the Emergency Department (ED) or Acute Medical Assessment Unit (AMAU)The comparison group will receive routine care as would be usual in the ED or AMAU. Currently there is no dedicated team to perform CGA in the ED and AMAU at UHL with ad hoc allied health assessment available only at the discretion of the referring ED doctor or medical team. This process will be continued during the study and will be documented. The participants in this group will under baseline data collection prior to randomisation and follow up.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Comprehensive Geriatric assessment arm

The intervention will comprise initially of a detailed interdisciplinary assessment and intervention by one or more members of the dedicated geriatric team. The team (consisting of a geriatric specialist registrar, specialist geriatric nurse, senior pharmacist, senior physiotherapist, senior occupational therapist, and senior medical social worker) in both ED and AMAU will assess all participants in the intervention group and perform CGA. Potential participants will be approached regarding trial recruitment post ED triage thereby ensuring rapid assessment shortly after hospital arrival by the teams in both AMAU and in ED.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment arm

Intervention Type OTHER

The intervention will involve a comprehensive geriatric assessment which will be provided by a geriatric doctor, physiotherapist, occupational therapist, social worker, pharmacist and specialist nurse.,

EDPLUS arm

The ED PLUS intervention will comprise initially of a detailed interdisciplinary assessment and intervention by one or more members of the dedicated geriatric team. The team in both ED and AMAU will assess all participants in the intervention group and perform CGA. Potential participants will be approached regarding trial recruitment post ED triage thereby ensuring rapid assessment shortly after hospital arrival by the teams in both AMAU and in ED. Additionally the participants in this arm will undergo a 6 week physiotherapy led intervention in the community involving 3 home visits and weekly telephone support. The intervention will involved assessment of the patients function in terms of strength, balance and mobility. Following assessment the intervention will be aimed at addressing deficits in the function of the participants, review of their medical management by a geriatrician trainee and focusing on self management of their own program.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

EDPLUS

Intervention Type OTHER

EDPLUS involves a 6 week physiotherapy led community based intervention involving 3 home visits and weekly telephone support.

Interventions

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Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment arm

The intervention will involve a comprehensive geriatric assessment which will be provided by a geriatric doctor, physiotherapist, occupational therapist, social worker, pharmacist and specialist nurse.,

Intervention Type OTHER

EDPLUS

EDPLUS involves a 6 week physiotherapy led community based intervention involving 3 home visits and weekly telephone support.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Adults aged ≥65 years with undifferentiated medical complaints presenting to an ED.
* Medically stable as deemed by the treating physician
* Display a score of ≥2 on the Identification of Seniors at Risk (ISAR) screening tool.
* Be community dwelling
* Be discharged from the ED within 72 hours of index visit.

Exclusion Criteria

* Individuals under the age of 65 years.
* Have a score of less than 2 on the ISAR.
* Older adults who present with acute myocardial infarction, stroke or non-medical problems e.g. surgical or psychiatric issues.
* Older adults who are medically unstable will be excluded.
* If neither the patient nor carer can communicate in English sufficiently to complete consent or baseline assessment, they will be excluded.
* Older adults who are admitted to hospital from the ED will be excluded.
* Older adults who have a confirmed COVID 19 diagnosis or those with symptoms highly suggestive of COVID 19 will be excluded.

Minimum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No