Acceptability of older patients’ self-assessment in the Emergency Department (ACCEPTED)—a randomised cross-over pilot trial

• Published in: Age and ageing Vol. 48; no. 6; pp. 875 - 880
• Main Authors: Boucher, Valérie, Lamontagne, Marie-Eve, Lee, Jacques, Carmichael, Pierre-Hugues, Déry, Julien, Émond, Marcel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford University Press 01.11.2019; Oxford Publishing Limited (England)
• Subjects: Administration orders; Assistants; Caregivers; Clinical assessment; Cognitive ability; Content analysis; Emergency medical care; Emergency services; Functional status; Older people; Patients; Self evaluation; Self-assessment; Sociodemographics; Technology; Treatment preferences; Women; older patients; patient reported outcome measures; older people; emergency department; self-assessment; acceptability

Abstract Background patient self-assessment using electronic tablet could improve the quality of assessment of older Emergency Department(ED) patients. However, the acceptability of this practice remains unknown. Objective to compare the acceptability of self-assessment using a tablet in the ED to a...