Does Telephone Follow-up Improve Patients Satisfaction

Completed

• Conditions: Congestive Heart Failure; Angina Pectoris; Pneumonia; Urinary Tract Infection

• Registration Number: NCT00192738
• Lead Sponsor: Rambam Health Care Campus

Brief Summary

Several studies have shown the importance of Telephone follow-up in reducing hospital readmissions for heart failure. Therefore, we aimed in this cohort to investigate whether telephone follow-up with patients discharged from the general internal department improves patients' satisfaction, increases compliance to treatment and reduces adverse effects. Patients are recruited from the department of general internal medicine who gave informed consent and could communicate. Patients are interviewed by during hospital stay, one and three months later. This group will be compared with patients that are not interviewd by phone aftert hospital discharge.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2003-04
• Study First Submitted: 2005-09-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2005-09-12
• Study First Posted: 2005-09-19
• Study Completion: 2006-01
• Status Verified: 2007-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2007-04-10
• Last Update Posted: 2007-04-11

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 400

Inclusion Criteria

Ability to sign informed consent and communicate by phone in Hebrew, Arabic, Russian or English -

Exclusion Criteria

Non of the above

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Rambam Medical Center; 🇮🇱 Haifa, Israel