Emergency Department (ED) Disability Diagnostic Tool

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Disability Diagnosis

In brief

Aim 1: To develop and validate an Emergency Department(ED) Rasch Disability Diagnostic Tool (RDDT). Hypothesis: * Rasch modeling will provide an instrument with better measurement properties, including increased reliability and validity compared to currently available ED measure of disability (MOD). Aim 2: To conduct a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the utility of the ED-RDDT to reduce rehospitalizations in Medicare recipients visiting an urban Emergency Department for non-traumatic illness Hypotheses: * Compared to the standard screening tool, the ED RDDT will reduce reutilization of the hospital (ED visits, hospital admissions, or death) within 60 days of discharge. * The ED RDDT will reduce costs to Medicare, hospitals and patients.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01416857

Run by

Yale University

People needed

635

Starts

2011-08-01

Expected to finish

2014-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-07-09

Who can join

Age: 65 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients who present to the adult ED at the Yale New Haven Hospital (YNHH)
• 65 years or older
• Medicare recipients
• Community dwellers.

You may not qualify if…

• Patients and their guardians will be excluded for the following reasons:
• Non English speaking
• suffering from a condition that precludes interview i.e. communication impairment
• unable to provide two contact numbers for follow-up
• presenting with acute psychosis or are suicidal.

Where it is running

• Yale New Haven Emergency Department — New Haven, Connecticut, United States
• Yale University, Emergency Department — New Haven, Connecticut, United States

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