GAPcare Fall Prevention Pilot Survey

• Sponsor: Rhode Island Hospital (Other)
• Overall Status: Completed
• CT.gov ID: NCT03076593
• Collaborator: (none)
• Enrollment: 82
• Location: 1
• Actual Duration (Months): 13.5
• Patients Per Site Per Month: 6.1

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

GAPcare (Geriatric Acute & Post-acute Care Coordination Program for Fall Prevention) is an early stage investigation that surveys older adults who present to the Emergency Department for any illness to determine the feasibility of an Emergency Department (ED)-based multidisciplinary intervention for preventing recurrent falls in older adults. In this observational study, older adults will be approached during routine clinical care in the ED and asked about prior falls, prior experiences having falls treated in the inpatient and outpatient setting, and the investigators will solicit feedback on potential improvement to care in the ED setting for falls.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Fall	Other: Exposure: Fall

Study Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Actual Enrollment: 82 participants
• Observational Model: Cohort
• Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional
• Official Title: GAPcare: The Geriatric Acute and Post-acute Care Coordination Program - Pilot Survey
• Actual Study Start Date: Feb 14, 2017
• Actual Primary Completion Date: May 30, 2017
• Actual Study Completion Date: Apr 1, 2018

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. Feasibility of enrollment [at study enrollment]

   The investigators will assess the number of patients who were screened and enrolled at the study site

Secondary Outcome Measures

1. Type of preventative services offered after a prior fall [at study enrollment]

   Participant will be asked what services they were provided after prior falls.

2. Satisfaction with prior Emergency Department evaluations after a fall using a likert scale [at study enrollment]

   Participant will be asked about their satisfaction with prior fall assessments in the ED.

3. Feedback on prior fall evaluations [at study enrollment]

   Participants will give free-text feedback on their perception of the quality of prior outpatient and inpatient fall care

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 65 Years and Older
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Study inclusion criteria for GAPcare

• Adult 65 years-old or older

• Able to communicate in English

• No cognitive impairment (≥4 on SIS)

Exclusion criteria

• Unable to give informed consent due to intoxication or altered mental status

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Rhode Island Hospital	Providence	Rhode Island	United States	02903

Sponsors and Collaborators

• Rhode Island Hospital

Investigators

• Principal Investigator: Elizabeth M Goldberg, MD, Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• Responsible Party: Rhode Island Hospital
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03076593
• Other Study ID Numbers: UEMF0010
• First Posted: Mar 10, 2017
• Last Update Posted: Sep 27, 2021
• Last Verified: Sep 1, 2021

• Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: No
• Plan to Share IPD: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No
• Keywords provided by Rhode Island Hospital: geriatric

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Sep 27, 2021