NCT02233153

Elder-friendly Approaches to the Surgical Environment (EASE) Study

Elder-friendly Approaches to the Surgical Environment - Implementation of an Elder Friendly Surgical Unit

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 723 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Alberta · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to examine the impact implementing an elder-friendly surgical unit has on post-operative complications, mortality and quality of life for patients ≥ 65 years old who have undergone emergency surgical care.

Detailed description

The investigators hypothesize that the elder-friendly surgical unit will reduce in-hospital complications and mortality in a cost-effective manner, for this at risk population. Specific elder-friendly interventions include: 1. Locate all elderly surgical patients on one nursing unit 2. Interdisciplinary team-based care 3. Elder-friendly evidence-informed practices including: comfort rounds with early mobilization, delirium prevention/management, optimal nutrition and prevention of post-operative complications 4. Early and interdisciplinary discharge management This is a prospective, before-after study with a concurrent control group. Four senior patient groups will be followed:

Conditions

• General Surgery

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Elder-Friendly Surgical Unit

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-04-01
• Primary completion: 2017-05-01
• Completion: 2017-12-01
• First posted: 2014-09-08
• Last updated: 2018-10-19

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Canada