Screening instrument (PraPlus)

C01662: Questionnaires Pra and PraPlus for Health Risk Assessment

Novelty:

Questionnaires for the prediction of future requirement of health services of elders for early-stage crisis intervention.

Value Proposition:

Population ageing is accompanied by rising numbers of elderly people requiring intensive health care. Therefore, the here-presented 8-item screening questionnaire Pra (Probability of Repeated Admission), enabling the calculation of a Pra risk score describing a persons risk to require health care services in the future, and its extended version PraPlus, containing additional 9 questions gathering additional health-related information, present a valuable tool to assure an early-stage crisis prognosis and personalized health care. Advantages of this invention include:

Technical Details:

Johns Hopkins researchers have developed the questionnaires Pra and PraPlus to determine the probability of elders to necessitate health care services in the future and evaluate their specific needs, permitting an early-stage crisis intervention and individualized health management. As people live longer, the increasing frequencies of elderly people suffering from chronic medical conditions raise the demand for novel methods for early crisis intervention and customized health care. Hence, the 8-item questionnaire Pra, addressing the persons physical and mental health status, forms the basis for the calculation of a Pra risk score, allowing a prognosis of the persons future medical condition and utilization of health care. Next, PraPlus in additional 9 questions inquires about functional status, sensory impairment, nutrition, depression, living situation, and major medical diagnosis. Taking into account the time-saving and convenient administration per mail or phone, this survey provides an important tool to enable clinicians or health care organizations to generate tailored care plans. Together, this technology permits the prevention or reduction of crises that might otherwise lead to hospitalization or institutionalization, therefore significantly reducing long-term medical procedures and costs.

Looking for Partners:

To develop and commercialize the technology as a health risk assessment tool for personalized cost-efficient health management of elderly people.

Stage of Development:

Pre-Clinical

Data Availability:

Under CDA/NDA

Publications/Associated Cases:

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