Feasibility Assessment of Implementing a Care System to PREVENT Iatrogenic Dependency (ID)

University Hospital, Toulouse85 enrolled

Overview

To assess the feasibility of a care system to prevent iatrogenic dependency during hospitalisation in people 70 years old and over. 2 cares units participate : one with routine care and the other with a care system to prevent ID. The caregivers of this unit receive training about iatrogenic dependency and how prevent it. They set up this prevention and the research compare evolution of dependence hospitalized patients.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Aged

Interventions

Care system to prevent IDOTHER

The caregivers of this unit receive training about iatrogenic dependency and how prevent it. They set up this prevention and the research compare evolution of dependence hospitalized patients.

Routine careOTHER

standard care without any specific system in place

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 70 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

inclusion criteria: * Patient hospitalized for at least 48 hours in the participating center * Persons affiliated to a social security system, * The patient, his trusted person or a relative present during his hospitalization have not expressed opposition to his participation in the research.. exclusion criteria: * End of life situation, * ADL at 0/6 for 15 days before hospitalization. * Refusal to participate, * Patient under judicial protection

Locations (1)

CHU de Toulouse

Toulouse, France

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

number of participants with loss of independence

loss of independence is defined as a decrease of at least 0.5 points in Activities of Daily Living (ADL) scale between admission and discharge of the patient within 15 days of admission to the ward, regardless of when this event occurs during the hospitalization.

Time frame: 15 days

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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