An Evaluation of Home-Based Telemedicine Services

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

200 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Completion Date

2004-06-30

Brief Summary

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Tele-home health care, which providers for video interactions between home-based veterans and home care nurses, is a potentially useful adjunct to home care services. However, few randomized trials have been conducted of this technology.

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Detailed Description

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Background:

Tele-home health care, which providers for video interactions between home-based veterans and home care nurses, is a potentially useful adjunct to home care services. However, few randomized trials have been conducted of this technology.

Objectives:

The primary objectives were to determine if tele-home health care patients, compared with patients receiving usual home care, have:1) higher levels of health related quality of life and home care satisfaction; 2) fewer inpatient admissions, hospital stays, and outpatient and emergency room visits; and 3) higher levels of home care access, in terms of the total number of contacts between HBPC nurses and patients.

Methods:

Patients were randomly assigned to the intervention or to the control group. Video tele-health units were installed in patient homes for the intervention group, and control group patients received usual home care services. Baseline and six month follow up surveys included questions on perceived health related quality of life and home care satisfaction. T-tests were used to compare intervention and control group members in terms of six month changes in health related quality of life and satisfaction with home care. Multivariate analyses were used to assess group differences in six month health care service use, with prior service use and survival included as covariates.

Status:

The study is completed, with a final enrollment of 37 patients. Three study manuscrip\[ts have been completed (two published and one under review).

Conditions

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Congestive Heart Failure Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Diabetes

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Arm 1

Group Type OTHER

Home care telemedicine

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Interventions

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Home care telemedicine

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

Patients must be enrolled in the home care program at the Indianapolis VAMC and have at least: (a) 6 outpatient visits, one hospitalization, or 2 or more emergency room visits in the last twelve months, (b) a care plan specifying two or more skilled nursing visits per month, (c) an expected need for future home care visits for at least one month.

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes