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Last refreshed on: 18 February 2013
Main ID:  NCT00986739
Date of registration: 29/09/2009
Primary sponsor: Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Public title: Individual and Environmental Risk Factors of Unplanned Admissions of Elderly RIEHO
Scientific title: Individual and Environmental Risk Factors of Unplanned Admissions of Elderly : RIEHO Inception Cohort
Date of first enrolment: July 2009
Target sample size: 1200
Recruitment status: Active, not recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00986739
Study type:  Observational
Study design:  Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective  
Countries of recruitment
France
Contacts
Name:   Philippe Aegerter, MCU
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Affiliation:  Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Patient aged 80 and over presenting to the emergency department (ED) for medical
concern eventually associated with social concern and admitted in a medical or
surgical ward.

- Three hospitals, two located in the Paris area and one in Champagne, offering
emergency care and providing geriatric services will be involved in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Refusal of the patient or of helping him to sign informed consent

- Refusal of the patient or of helping him to answer

- Premature exit before initial examination



Age minimum: 80 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Elderly Gravida
Intervention(s)
Primary Outcome(s)
Factor to explain is unplanned hospitalizations, it will also look into the institution or death, the factors are individual characteristics (medical, functional) and environmental (family, social, physical) [Time Frame: 3 years]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Appropriateness of hospital admissions [Time Frame: 3 years]
Modeling of pollution levels and a dose-response relationship [Time Frame: 3 years]
Types of weather patterns and environmental [Time Frame: 3 years]
Typology of elderly people [Time Frame: 3 years]
Validity of questionnaire RAI (Resident Assessment Instrument): reproducibility, internal consistency, validity of structure and against criterion [Time Frame: 3 years]
Secondary ID(s)
AOM 08205
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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