Interventional Study of Videoconferences Between Hospital and Municipality

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

1387 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2013-07-31

Study Completion Date

2015-01-31

Brief Summary

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The study aims to assess whether the review of discharge planning followed by a cross-sectoral video conference in connection with discharge of medical and geriatric patients at Roskilde and Køge hospitals as well as patients from the Emergency Department at Køge Hospital reduces the proportion of patients who are readmitted within 180 days.

Project nurses at the two hospitals identifies all patients fulfilling the inclusion criteria (above 55 years of age, discharged to their own home), get informed consent and performs the video conferences. Within a few hours after discharge a video conference is held in the patient´s home including the patient,the municipal nurse and the project nurse at the hospital. During the video conference the discharge is reviewed using a structured assessment.

The survey is conducted as an open, randomized intervention study.

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Detailed Description

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The study consists of two parts: First, the project nurse reviews the patients discharge together with the nurse from the hospital ward. Next, the patient is discharged from the hospital and meets the nurse from the municipality at home. Together with the patient the nurse form the municipality reviews:

* Documents from the hospital
* Medicine
* Nutrition
* Mobility
* Assessment of the need for health care services from the municipality

All patients in the project - both patients in the intervention group and patients in the control group - will receive treatment and care equivalent to normally applicable quality standards.

In 2011 4387 patients were discharged Monday to Friday from the Medical and Geriatric Departments at Roskilde and Køge Hospital to one of the seven municipalities. Of these, 1204 persons (27%) were readmitted (in any department) within 180 days. It is expected that the study demonstrates a reduction of ≥ 6 percentage points (from 27% to 21%) with a power of 80% and a significance level of 5%. There will be a need for 792 patients in both control and intervention group, ie 1584 in total.

Conditions

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Discharge Planning Readmission, Hospital

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Intervention

Review of discharges and cross-sectoral video conferencing immediately after discharge

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Review of discharges and cross-sectoral video conferencing immediately after discharge

Intervention Type OTHER

The intervention is video conference which is randomized and is an intervention that is assigned by the investigator.

Control

Standard health care services

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Review of discharges and cross-sectoral video conferencing immediately after discharge

The intervention is video conference which is randomized and is an intervention that is assigned by the investigator.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Discharge from the Medical Department and Geriatric Department at Roskilde and Køge hospitals or the Emergency Department at Køge Hospital.

Address in Køge, Greve, Faxe, Solrød, Lejre, Stevns or Roskilde municipalities. Discharges between 8 am and 4 pm Monday-Friday. Acute/subacute admission to the hospital

Exclusion Criteria

* Patients who cannot give consent to participation. Discharge to a nursing home or relief care home. Patients with planned readmission. Former participant in the study. Patients who are included in the Sub Acute Project. Patients who needs terminal care

Minimum Eligible Age

55 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No