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CompletedNCT03783234

Triage Assessment and NEWS-score as Risk Predictor in Older Frailty Adults in the ED

3-level Triage Assessment and National Early Warning Score as Predictor for Mortality, Hospital Admission and ED Readmission for Older Frailty Patients in the ED

Status
Completed
Phase
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
1,711 (actual)
Sponsor
Helsinki University Central Hospital · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
75 Years
Healthy volunteers

Summary

Emergency Department Triage Systems have not been shown to sufficiently recognize frail elderly patients in need of urgent assessment and care. In this prospective, observational study the performance of the 3-level triage system and the National Early Warning Score (NEWS) 2 are assessed (separately and combined) for predicting adverse outcomes in older frailty patients visiting in the ED. Observational data for this study is gathered as part of GAOPS - main study (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03751319).

Conditions

Timeline

Start date
2018-12-11
Primary completion
2019-09-01
Completion
2020-10-28
First posted
2018-12-20
Last updated
2022-02-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Finland

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03783234. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.