Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 5:09 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 5:09 PM
NCT ID:
NCT01467050
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
All patients aged 65 years and over presenting to CUH Accident and Emergency Departments with acute illness for admission under a medical or surgical team.
Exclusion Criteria:
1. Age less than 65 years.
2. Patient to be admitted under the care of a Geriatrician Psychiatrist of Old Age or Clinical Pharmacologist, or having been admitted under these services or attended their outpatient clinics in the previous 12 months. (These doctor groups are likely to minimise inappropriate medications in this population).
3. Terminally ill patient attended by palliative care team.
4. Critically ill patient e.g. admitted to Intensive Care Unit.
5. Patients who do not wish to participate in the study.
6. Patients whose hospital physician does not wish to participate in the study.
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
65 Years
Study:
NCT01467050
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT01467050