Acute Combined Care for Seniors in Southern Denmark

Acute Medical Conditions Clinical Trial

— ACCESS  

Official title:

Acute Combined Care for Seniors in Southern Denmark

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02422849
• Other study ID #: SHS-ED-01-2013
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: March 27, 2015
• Last updated: February 13, 2016
• Start date: November 2013
• Est. completion date: June 2015

Study information

• Verified date: February 2016
• Source: University of Southern Denmark
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Denmark: The Regional Committee on Biomedical Research Ethics
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

the elderly population (+ 65 years) is increasing. Acute medical conditions often leads to hospital admissions in this age group. However hospital admission is linked to adverse events. like confusion, medication errors or new infections.

the ACCESS project aims to examine alternatives to acute admissions for senior medical patients.

the aims are:

1. How many patients will be admitted to hospital due to acute medical conditions if cared for by their own General Practitioner (GP) versus a hospital intern specialist ?

2. how many patients will be admitted to hospital due to acute medical conditions if cared for by acute team in their home versus in specialised care centres ?

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 131
• Est. completion date: June 2015
• Est. primary completion date: February 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 60 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• acute medical condition requiring immediate intervention.

Exclusion Criteria:

• GP not available next days

• absolutely admission requiring condition

• no informed consent obtainable

• nursing home resident

• inclusion in ACCESS within the last 3 months

• home care capacity limit reached

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Health Services Research

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Acute Medical Conditions

Intervention

Other:
• hospital specialist

• General Practitioner

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Denmark	Aabenraa Sygehus Emergency Department	Aabenraa

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Southern Denmark

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Denmark, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	number of participants with hospital admission		3 months after inclusion	No
Secondary	change from baseline in De Morton Mobility Index (DEMMI)		3 months after inclusion	No
Secondary	change from baseline in quality of life (EQ5D scale)		3 months after inclusion	No
Secondary	change from baseline in Orientation Memory-Concentration (OMC)		3 months after inclusion	No
Secondary	patient and relatives satisfaction questionnaire		3 months after inclusion	No