Program of Intensive Support in Emergency Departments for Care Partners of Cognitively Impaired Patients: Protocol for a Multisite Randomized Controlled Trial

Joshua Chodosh   ^{1 *} , MD, MSHS ;   Karen Connor   ^{2 *} , RN, MBA, PhD ;   Nicole Fowler   ^{3 *} , MHSA, PhD ;   Sujuan Gao   ^{4 *} , PhD ;   Anthony Perkins   ^{4 *} , MS ;   Corita Grudzen   ⁵ , MSHS, MD ;   Frank Messina   ^{6 *} , MD ;   Michael Mangold   ^{7 *} , MPH, MS, MD ;   Jessica Smilowitz   ^{1 *} , MPH ;   Malaz Boustani   ^{3 *} , MPH, MD ;   Soo Borson   ^{8 *} , MD

¹ Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Care, Department of Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States

² David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States

³ Center for Aging Research Regenstrief Institute, Inc, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, United States

⁴ Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, United States

⁵ Department of Emergency Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States

⁶ Ezkenazi Health, Indianapolis, IN, United States

⁷ Irving Medical Center, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States

⁸ Department of Family Medicine, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, United States

*these authors contributed equally