Emergency department presentations of patients from CALDB receiving chemotherapy in day oncology settings Craike, Melinda J., Livingstone, Patricia M. and Considine, Julie 2010, Emergency department presentations of patients from CALDB receiving chemotherapy in day oncology settings, Australasian emergency nursing journal, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 111-116, doi: 10.1016/j.aenj.2010.08.088. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Emergency department presentations of patients from CALDB receiving chemotherapy in day oncology settings Author(s) Craike, Melinda J. Livingstone, Patricia M. orcid.org/0000-0001-6616-3839 Considine, Julie orcid.org/0000-0003-3801-2456 Journal name Australasian emergency nursing journal Volume number 13 Issue number 4 Start page 111 End page 116 Total pages 6 Publisher Elsevier Ltd Place of publication Amsterdam, The Netherlands Publication date 2010-11 ISSN 1574-6267 Keyword(s) emergency department chemotherapy day oncology culturally and linguistically diverse Summary Objective The objectives of this research were to compare the emergency department (ED) presentations for cancer patients from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds (CALDB) treated with chemotherapy through day oncology units with other cancer patients. Design A retrospective audit was conducted. Data collected included demographic factors and ED presentation characteristics. Descriptive statistics and direct logistic regression was used to summarise and compare the ED presentation rates and ED presentation characteristics of patients from CALDB and other patients. Setting Primary and secondary care. Patients All adult day oncology patients who were treated with chemotherapy and presented to an ED between 1 January and 31 December, 2007. Across the two health sites, 770 day oncology patients attended an ED on at least one occasion. Of these 37.7% were born in a non-English speaking country. Results Patients from CALDB were more likely to present (p < 0.001, OR = 1.55, C.I. = 1.29–1.88) and re-present to an ED (p < 0.001, OR = 2.08, C.I. = 1.37–3.16), however there was no association between CALDB and admission to hospital following the ED presentation, triage category or being seen within the clinically recommended time. Patients from CALDB tended to present for potentially preventable conditions such as nausea/vomiting/dehydration and fever. Conclusions Our findings suggest that targeted interventions that incorporate education and information to assist with self-care for patients from CALDB may reduce potentially preventable presentations and representations to an ED and the subsequent economic, social and personal costs associated with these ED presentations. Language eng DOI 10.1016/j.aenj.2010.08.088 Field of Research 111003 Clinical Nursing: Secondary (Acute Care) 111099 Nursing not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 920210 Nursing HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2010, College of Emergency Nursing Australasia Ltd. Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30031110 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Nursing and Midwifery Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Research Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 09 Nov 2010, 11:28:01 EST Thu, 11 Nov 2010, 09:31:55 EST Thu, 11 Nov 2010, 12:06:52 EST Thu, 11 Nov 2010, 12:07:55 EST Thu, 11 Nov 2010, 12:10:00 EST Tue, 12 Jun 2012, 12:21:17 EST Tue, 04 Jun 2013, 13:17:56 EST Fri, 10 Oct 2014, 08:43:42 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 4 times in TR Web of Science Cited 4 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 943 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 09 Nov 2010, 11:27:57 EST by Jane Moschetti