This study aims to evaluate the impact of assessment and early physiotherapy management on the care pathway of the elderly person who falls, their length of stay in hospital and their fall recurrence rate.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
155
Realization of a physiotherapy assessment.
University Hospital of Nantes
Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France
Patient orientation (return home, short-term hospitalization unit, hospitalization) at discharge from the emergency department
The orientation of the patient on discharge from the emergency services, according to the three defined pathways (return home, short-term hospitalization unit, hospitalization).
Time frame: up to 48 hours
Length of stay in emergency departments and in the short stay hospital unit
Calculation of the duration in hours by recording the dates and times of admission and discharge from the service.
Time frame: up to 48 hours
Total duration of hospitalization for each stay, all services combined
Calculation of the duration in hours by recording the dates and times of admission to the emergency services and final discharge from the hospital.
Time frame: 1 week
Number of recurrence of emergency admission for the same reason (fall)
Recurrence of a fall within seven days of returning home
Time frame: up to 9 days
Satisfaction of doctors in emergency services
A satisfaction questionnaire will be sent to all doctors who participated in the study
Time frame: 0 day
Emergency discharge referral before and after assessment by the physical therapist.
For the "Physiotherapy group" : Description of changes in physician orientation decision (return home, acute care unit, hospitalization) of patients, before/after the physical therapist assessment
Time frame: up to 48 hours
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