Feasibility and Acceptability of the Clinical Frailty Scale in a Swedish Emergency Department Setting

NCT04931472 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2021-00875FAA
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 229
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS). The scale can potentially be adopted for daily use in the Emergency Department (ED) and have been evaluated with regard to feasibility to a certain extent, but have so far not been evaluated in the Swedish emergency care context.

Conditions

Frailty

Keywords

Frailty; Geriatric assessment; Emergency service; Feasibility studies; Geriatric emergency medicine

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Completion rate

  Proportion of completed Clinical Frailty Scale assessments in relation to the number of eligible patients

  During a period of six weeks

Secondary Outcomes (7)

• Duration of time to make the assessment

  The assessment will be made in connection with the patient´s first meeting with the care team, i.e. within 1 hour from the patient´s arrival to the ED

• Patient related characteristics correlated to completion rate

  From admission to discharge from the Emergency department, up to 24 hours.

• Organisational related characteristics correlated to completion rate

  From admission to discharge from the Emergency department, up to 24 hours

• Ease of use

  Questionnaire that can be answered within five weeks

• Relevance

  Questionnaire that can be answered within five weeks

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Physicians, registered nurses and assistant nurses working in the ED

You may qualify if:

• Has been in clinical work at the ED for the period of the current study

You may not qualify if:

• Unwilling to provide informed consent

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University Hospital, Linkoeping: lead

Study Sites (1)

Akutmottagningen US Östergötland

Linköping, Östergötland County, 58185, Sweden

Location

Related Publications (4)

• Lewis ET, Dent E, Alkhouri H, Kellett J, Williamson M, Asha S, Holdgate A, Mackenzie J, Winoto L, Fajardo-Pulido D, Ticehurst M, Hillman K, McCarthy S, Elcombe E, Rogers K, Cardona M. Which frailty scale for patients admitted via Emergency Department? A cohort study. Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2019 Jan-Feb;80:104-114. doi: 10.1016/j.archger.2018.11.002. Epub 2018 Nov 8.

  PMID: 30448693 BACKGROUND

• Elliott A, Phelps K, Regen E, Conroy SP. Identifying frailty in the Emergency Department-feasibility study. Age Ageing. 2017 Sep 1;46(5):840-845. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afx089.

  PMID: 28541400 BACKGROUND

• Rockwood K, Song X, MacKnight C, Bergman H, Hogan DB, McDowell I, Mitnitski A. A global clinical measure of fitness and frailty in elderly people. CMAJ. 2005 Aug 30;173(5):489-95. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.050051.

  PMID: 16129869 BACKGROUND

• Horlin E, Munir Ehrlington S, Toll John R, Henricson J, Wilhelms D. Is the clinical frailty scale feasible to use in an emergency department setting? A mixed methods study. BMC Emerg Med. 2023 Oct 26;23(1):124. doi: 10.1186/s12873-023-00894-8.

  PMID: 37880591 DERIVED

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MeSH Terms

Conditions

Frailty

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 10, 2021
• First Posted: June 18, 2021
• Study Start: June 8, 2021
• Primary Completion: December 31, 2021
• Study Completion: December 31, 2021
• Last Updated: May 23, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-05

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

SE (1)