CONECT-6: Rapidly Identifying Adults with Chronic Conditions and Complex Health Needs
2017-2020
- Quebec Research Fund – Health (FRQS)
- Quebec Learning Health System SUPPORT Unit
Early intervention with persons at risk of heavy emergency department use helps to provide services that are more tailored to their needs, such as case management.
The objective of the study was to develop and validate a short self-administered screening tool to rapidly identify adults with chronic diseases and complex health needs.
The study led to the development of CONECT-6, a tool of six dichotomous questions with “yes” or “no” answer choices. Named CONECT-6 (COmplex NEeds Case-finding Tool – 6), the tool assesses the following variables:
- perceived poor health;
- limitations due to pain;
- unmet needs;
- perceived high complexity;
- Low income;
- weak social support.
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Articles, presentations and posters
Results
Scientific presentation
Scientific posters
- Factors Predicting Frequent Use of Emergency Department Services Among Geriatric Population: A systematic Review. Conférence annuelle du North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) 2017.
- Profiles of geriatric frequent users of emergency department with ambulatory care sensitive conditions: a research protocol. Conférence annuelle du North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) 2018.
- A simple model to predict the risk of frequent ED utilization. Conférence annuelle du North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) 2018.
- La grande utilisation des services d’urgence par les aînés : une discussion interactive. Congrès mondial des infirmières et infirmiers francophones, Bordeaux, France 2018.
- A case finding tool to identify patients with complex healthcare needs in emergency departments: a validation study. Conférence annuelle du North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) 2019.
- Frequent emergency department use by older adults with ambulatory care sensitive conditions: a population-based cohort study. Conférence annuelle du North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) 2019.
- Predicting frequent emergency department use comparing performances of a comorbidity index and self-perceived health variables. Conférence annuelle de la Société Canadienne d’Épidémiologie et de Biostatistiques 2019.
- Chronic frequent emergency department users with ambulatory care sensitive conditions: A population-based cohort study. Conférence annuelle de la Société Canadienne d’Épidémiologie et de Biostatistiques 2019.
- Développement d’une classification des grands utilisateurs des services d’urgence à partir de données médico administratives. Conférence annuelle de l’Acfas 2021.
- Apport de l’apprentissage machine dans la prédiction de la grande utilisation des services d’urgence. Conférence annuelle de l’Acfas 2021.