Telemedicine and Nursing Home

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

428 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-07-05

Study Completion Date

2019-06-30

Brief Summary

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Telemedicine-based care provides remote health and social care to maintain people's autonomy and increase their quality of life. The rapidly aging population has come with a significant increase in the prevalence of chronic diseases and their effects, and thus the need for increased care and welfare.

This solutions give a new opportunity for diagnosis, treatment, education, and rehabilitation, and make it possible to monitor patients with a number of chronic diseases. It also reduces socioeconomic disparity with regard to access to care and gives equal chances to patients from urban and rural areas.

This a randomized trial of telemedicine versus usual care alone to reduce hospitalization and emergency hospital admissions for Nursing Home Residents .

After an initial assessment , each participant is monitored by teleconsultation on six occasions over 12 months. Patients with usual care have an initial and a 12 months assessments.

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Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Elderly Multimorbidity

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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Telemedicine

Usual care and telemedicine consultations during12 months.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Telemedicine

Intervention Type OTHER

Usual Care

Intervention Type OTHER

Usual care alone

Usual care during12 months.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Usual Care

Intervention Type OTHER

Interventions

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Telemedicine

Intervention Type OTHER

Usual Care

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Elderly over 60 years

* Resident in nursing homes
* Resident with multiples chronic diseases with at least two comorbidities
* Having given free and informed consent in writing and signed by himself and / or his legal representative