Table 2 Summary and timing of assessments

Demographic data (age, sex, ethnicity)

X

Admission details (date and time of admission to hospital and ward)

X

Assessment of capacity

X

Delirium screen (confusion assessment method) and delirium severity rating (CAM-S)

X

X

X

Date of discharge and discharge destination (living alone, living with another person, nursing home, residential care home or other)

X

Reason for admission (hip fracture, other orthopaedic condition, medical condition) and medical history (Charlson comorbidity index, existing hearing and/or visual impairments, current medication use [benzodiazepines, opiates, H₁ antihistamines])

X

Cognitive impairment: (1) history of dementia, (2) low Abbreviated Mental Test Score on admission

X

Illness severity using National Early Warning Score or equivalent

X

Living arrangements (living alone, living with another person, nursing home, residential care home or other)

X

X

X

Nottingham Extended Activities of Daily Living Scale^a

X

X

EuroQol EQ-5D^a

X

X

X

Geriatric Depression Scale Short Form^a

X

Clinical Anxiety Scale

X

Patient-reported experience measure

X

Falls (and reason for fall if known)

Health care resource use (postdischarge contact with health and social care services)^a

X