Assessing Patient Care Through Routine Use of Patient-Reported Outcomes

• Sponsor: University of British Columbia (Other)
• Overall Status: Withdrawn
• CT.gov ID: NCT01008579
• Collaborator: (none)
• Enrollment: 0
• Location: 1
• Duration (Months): 16
• Patients Per Site Per Month: 0

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

Patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) are assessments of health status or health-related quality of life. The EuroQol-5D (EQ5D) is an example of a generic instrument to assess health-related quality of life. The investigators will use the EQ5D in the Falls Prevention Clinic as part of routine clinical assessment at baseline, 6 months and 12 months to track patient care in a cohort of 300 older adults who are at high-risk of falls.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Falls

Detailed Description

1. Purpose: We will use the EQ5D in the Falls Prevention Clinic as part of routine clinical assessment at baseline, 6-months and 12-months to track patient care in a cohort of 300 older adults who are at high-risk of falls.

2. Objectives:

O1: Our primary objective is to use a routinely administered patient reported outcomes measure, the EuroQol-5D (EQ-5D), in older adults at high risk of falls to determine patients self-reported health status over a 12-month followup period.

O2: Our secondary objective is to develop an explanatory model and a predictive model of covariates that explain significant gains or losses in health related quality of life.

Study Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Actual Enrollment: 0 participants
• Observational Model: Cohort
• Time Perspective: Prospective
• Official Title: Routine Use of Patient Reported Outcomes Among Older Adults at High Risk of Falls: A 12-Month Cohort Study
• Study Start Date: Dec 1, 2009
• Actual Primary Completion Date: Apr 1, 2011
• Actual Study Completion Date: Apr 1, 2011

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 60 Years and Older
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Referred to falls clinic for assessment by general practitioner or emergency department physician.

2. Index fall presentation not due to overwhelming force resulting in presentation to Emergency Department or general practitioner (including syncopal presentation, see below).

3. At least 70 years of age.

4. No progressive neurological disorder (e.g. Dementia, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's).

5. Community dwelling (within Vancouver and Burnaby only).

6. Mini Mental State Examination Score of at least 24.

7. Walk at least 3 meters.

8. Has at least one of the following 'high-risk' criteria:

• At least one other non-syncopal fall in the past 12 months

• PPA of at least 1.0 (using dominant score for strength test)

• TUG of at least 15 seconds

1. Life expectancy of greater than 12 months as determined by the geriatrician.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Any patients who do not meet the inclusion criteria specified above will be excluded from assessment at the Falls Prevention Clinic.

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Vancouver General Hospital	Vancouver	British Columbia	Canada

Sponsors and Collaborators

• University of British Columbia

Investigators

• Study Director: Karim Khan, University of British Columbia
• Study Director: Teresa Liu-Ambrose, University of British Columbia
• Principal Investigator: Stirling Bryan, University of British Columbia

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• Responsible Party: Teresa Liu-Ambrose, Principal Investigator, University of British Columbia
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01008579
• Other Study ID Numbers: H09-01655
• First Posted: Nov 6, 2009
• Last Update Posted: Nov 6, 2017
• Last Verified: Nov 1, 2017

• Keywords provided by Teresa Liu-Ambrose, Principal Investigator, University of British Columbia: Patient Reported Outcome Measures; falls; older adults

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Nov 6, 2017