CONECT-6: Rapidly Identifying Adults with Chronic Conditions and Complex Health Needs
Date
2017-2020
Partners
Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé (FRQS)
Unité de Soutien SSA Québec
Aim
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.
Articles, presentations and posters
Results
Scientific presentation
- Repérer les grands utilisateurs avec besoins complexes : Présentation de l’outil CONECT-6. (french only)
Scientific posters
- Factors Predicting Frequent Use of Emergency Department Services Among Geriatric Population: A systematic Review. North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) annual conference 2017.
- Profiles of geriatric frequent users of emergency department with ambulatory care sensitive conditions: a research protocol. North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) annual conference 2018.
- A simple model to predict the risk of frequent ED utilization. North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) annual conference 2018.
- La grande utilisation des services d’urgence par les aînés : une discussion interactive. Congrès mondial des infirmières et infirmiers francophones, Bordeaux, France 2018. (french only)
- A case finding tool to identify patients with complex healthcare needs in emergency departments: a validation study. North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) annual conference 2019.
- Frequent emergency department use by older adults with ambulatory care sensitive conditions: a population-based cohort study. North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) annual conference 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. Canadian Society for Epidemiology and Biostatistics annual conference 2019.
- Développement d’une classification des grands utilisateurs des services d’urgence à partir de données médico administratives. Acfas annual conference 2021. (french only)
- Apport de l’apprentissage machine dans la prédiction de la grande utilisation des services d’urgence. Acfas annual conference 2021. (french only)
Results
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.
Team
Principal investigators
Catherine Hudon, Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Université de Sherbrooke
Maud-Christine Chouinard, Professor, Faculty of Nursing, Université de Montréal
Co-investigators
Yohann Chiu, Postdoctoral student, Health Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke
Marie-France Dubois, Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke
Isabelle Dufour, Doctoral student, Health Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke
Nicolas Elazhary, Professor-physician, Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Université de Sherbrooke, and clinician at the Fleurimont Hospital Emergency Department, Estrie regional health authority – CHUS
Nicole Dubuc, Professor, School of Nursing, Université de Sherbrooke
Alain Vanasse, Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Université de Sherbrooke
Collaborators
Myriam Flipot, Research Nurse, Estrie regional health authority – CHUS
Annie-Pier Gobeil-Lavoie, Research Nurse, Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean regional health authority
Émilie Hudon, Research Nurse, Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean regional health authority
Louise Robert Petit, Research Nurse, Estrie regional health authority – CHUS
Research coordinator
Mathieu Bisson, Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Université de Sherbrooke
Decision makers and managers
Claudie Gagnon, Coordinator of Emergency Services, General Services Department, Estrie regional health authority – CHUS
Hélène Loiselle, Chief of Emergency Services at the Hôtel-Dieu de Sherbrooke, General Services Department, Estrie regional health authority – CHUS
Véronique Morency, Emergency Coordinator, Intensive Care and Acute Trauma, Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean regional health authority
Linda Renouf, Chief of Emergency Services, Chicoutimi Hospital, Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean regional health authority
Manon Savard, Assistant Director of Professional Services, Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean regional health authority
Isabelle Therrien, Chief of Emergency Services at Magog Hospital, General Services Department, Estrie regional health authority – CHUS
Martin Therrien, Chief of Emergency Services at Jonquière Hospital, Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean regional health authority
Patient partner
Véronique Sabourin
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