Assessment of Functional Ability and Follow-up at Home for Older Medical Patients

Geriatric Disorder Clinical Trial

Official title:

Assessment of Functional Ability and Follow-up at Home for Older Medical Patients

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02078466
• Other study ID #: Functional ability in older
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: March 1, 2014
• Last updated: December 9, 2016
• Start date: March 2014
• Est. completion date: November 2016

Study information

• Verified date: December 2016
• Source: Aarhus University Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Denmark: Danish Dataprotection Agency
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of this study is to examine the effect of an intervention that consist of assessment of functional ability, rehabilitation plan and follow-up at home for older medical patients.

The hypothesis is that assessment of functional ability, development of rehabilitation plan and follow-up at home reduce the older medical patient's risk of readmission. Also the intervention is expected to reduce mortality, number of contacts to general practitioners and emergency physician

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 380
• Est. completion date: November 2016
• Est. primary completion date: November 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 65 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients admitted to Medical Visitations Section (MVA) Aarhus University Hospital

• Aged 65+

• Resident in City of Aarhus

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients admitted from nursing home

• Patients transferred to other hospital departments

• Patients terminally ill

Study Design

Allocation: Non-Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Supportive Care

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Geriatric Disorder

Intervention

Other:
• Assessment of functional ability and follow-up at home
Assessment of functional ability and follow-up at home

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Denmark	Medicinsk Visitationsafsnit	Aarhus

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Aarhus University Hospital	Institute of public health, department of nursing sciences, Århus University, Denmark, VIA University College

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Denmark, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Readmission		Readmission in 26 weeks	No
Secondary	Readmission		Readmission in 30 days	No
Secondary	Mortality		Mortality in 26 weeks	No
Secondary	Number of contacts with GP		26 weeks	No
Secondary	Number of contacts with emergency Physician		26 weeks	No