Assessment of Functional Ability and Follow-up at Home for Older Medical Patients
NCT ID: NCT02078466
Last Updated: 2016-12-12
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
380 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2014-03-31
2016-11-30
Brief Summary
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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
Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Keywords
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Study Design
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NON_RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
NONE
Study Groups
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Control group
Usual care
No interventions assigned to this group
Assessment of functional ability
Assessment of functional ability and follow-up at home
Assessment of functional ability and follow-up at home
Assessment of functional ability and follow-up at home
Interventions
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Assessment of functional ability and follow-up at home
Assessment of functional ability and follow-up at home
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Aged 65+
* Resident in City of Aarhus
Exclusion Criteria
* Patients transferred to other hospital departments
* Patients terminally ill
65 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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VIA University College
OTHER
Institute of public health, department of nursing sciences, Århus University, Denmark
OTHER
Aarhus University Hospital
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Louise Møldrup Nielsen
PhD student, Occupational Therapist
Principal Investigators
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Hans Kirkegaard, Professor
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Center for Acute Research Aarhus University Hospital
Locations
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Medicinsk Visitationsafsnit
Aarhus, , Denmark
Countries
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References
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Nielsen LM, Maribo T, Kirkegaard H, Petersen KS, Lisby M, Oestergaard LG. Effectiveness of the "Elderly Activity Performance Intervention" on elderly patients' discharge from a short-stay unit at the emergency department: a quasi-experimental trial. Clin Interv Aging. 2018 Apr 26;13:737-747. doi: 10.2147/CIA.S162623. eCollection 2018.
Other Identifiers
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Functional ability in older
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id