Trial Outcomes & Findings for Continuum of Care for Frail Elderly People (NCT NCT01260493)

Results Overview

Number of hospital days and admission will be analysed

Recruitment status

COMPLETED

Study phase

NA

Target enrollment

181 participants

Primary outcome timeframe

1 year

Results posted on

2014-07-15

Participant Flow

recrutment period October 2008 to July 2011

exluded due to sheltered housing (n=2), dementia (n=1),palliative care (n=1) and died before baseline (n=4), declined particapation (n=12)

Participant milestones

Participant milestones
Measure	Conventional Care, Controlgroup conventional care, control group	Integrated Health Care Chain integrated health care chain. Geriatric assessment at emergency department (ED), case manager with multiprofessional team in the community, support for informal caregivers integrated health care chain : Geriatric assessment at ED, case manager with multiprofessional team in the community, support for informal caregivers
Overall Study STARTED	92	89
Overall Study COMPLETED	76	85
Overall Study NOT COMPLETED	16	4

Reasons for withdrawal

Withdrawal data not reported

Baseline Characteristics

Continuum of Care for Frail Elderly People

Baseline characteristics by cohort

Baseline characteristics by cohort
Measure	Conventional Care, Controlgroup n=76 Participants conventional care, control group	Integrated Health Care Chain n=85 Participants integrated health care chain. Geriatric assessment at emergency department (ED), case manager with multiprofessional team in the community, support for informal caregivers integrated health care chain : Geriatric assessment at ED, case manager with multiprofessional team in the community, support for informal caregivers	Total n=161 Participants Total of all reporting groups
Age, Categorical <=18 years	0 Participants n=5 Participants	0 Participants n=7 Participants	0 Participants n=5 Participants
Age, Categorical Between 18 and 65 years	0 Participants n=5 Participants	0 Participants n=7 Participants	0 Participants n=5 Participants
Age, Categorical >=65 years	76 Participants n=5 Participants	85 Participants n=7 Participants	161 Participants n=5 Participants
Age, Continuous	82.1 years STANDARD_DEVIATION 5.8 • n=5 Participants	82.7 years STANDARD_DEVIATION 5.2 • n=7 Participants	82.4 years STANDARD_DEVIATION 5.5 • n=5 Participants
Sex: Female, Male Female	42 Participants n=5 Participants	47 Participants n=7 Participants	89 Participants n=5 Participants
Sex: Female, Male Male	34 Participants n=5 Participants	38 Participants n=7 Participants	72 Participants n=5 Participants
Region of Enrollment Sweden	76 participants n=5 Participants	85 participants n=7 Participants	161 participants n=5 Participants

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: 1 year

Number of hospital days and admission will be analysed

Outcome measures

Outcome data not reported

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: 1 year

Changes in number of person dependent in one or more daily activity from baseline to follow-up.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure	Conventional Care, Controlgroup n=76 Participants conventional care, control group	Integrated Health Care Chain n=85 Participants integrated health care chain. Geriatric assessment at emergency department (ED), case manager with multiprofessional team in the community, support for informal caregivers integrated health care chain : Geriatric assessment at ED, case manager with multiprofessional team in the community, support for informal caregivers
Dependence in Activities of Daily Living	18 participants	33 participants Interval 1.03 to 4.06

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: 1 year

Outcome measures

Outcome data not reported

Adverse Events

Conventional Care, Controlgroup

Serious events: 0 serious events

Other events: 0 other events

Deaths: 0 deaths

Integrated Health Care Chain

Serious events: 0 serious events

Other events: 0 other events

Deaths: 0 deaths

Serious adverse events

Adverse event data not reported

Other adverse events

Adverse event data not reported

Additional Information

Professor Synneve Dahlin-Ivanoff ( Research leader)

Vårdalinstitute, University of Gothenburg

Phone: +46 31 7865733

Email: [email protected]

Results disclosure agreements

Principal investigator is a sponsor employee
Publication restrictions are in place