Advanced Point-of-care Technology During In-home Assessment Among Older Adults
Acute Respiratory Disease, Acute Illness
About this trial
This is an interventional diagnostic trial for Acute Respiratory Disease focused on measuring acute illness, older adults, acute home care, pre-hospital care, point-of-care technology, geriatric, acute community nurse, focused lung ultrasound scan, FLUS
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- referred to the ACHCS in Kolding Municipality for in-home assessment
- dyspnoea
- cough
- fever
- fall
- functional decline defined as either subjective (not able to perform normal daily activities as usual) or objective functional decline (increased need of home care)
Exclusion Criteria:
- moderate to severe cognitive impairment
- antibiotic treatment
Sites / Locations
- Siri SmedemarkRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
No Intervention
Experimental
Control - Usual Care
Intervention - Advanced point-of-care technology
Participants in the control-arm will undergo usual care. This covers clinical inspection, vital parameters (respiratory rate(breaths/min), saturation (%), blood pressure (mmHg), heart rate (beats/min), body temperature (celsius), and Glasgow Coma Scale) , and point-of-care blood-test for CRP and haemoglobin
Participants in the intervention-arm will undergo usual care as well as advanced point-of-care technology.