Impact of an Educational Program in the Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia
- Conditions
- Community-acquired pneumoniaRespiratoryViral pneumonia, not elsewhere classified
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN39531840
- Lead Sponsor
- Institute of Biomedical Investigations of Bellvitge (Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge) (IDIBELL) (Spain)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 204
1. Adult patients (aged 18 years and over), either sex
2. Diagnosed with community-acquired pneumonia
3. Requiring hospitalisation in the Infectious Diseases and Respiratory Departments of Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge
Updated 05/09/2014:
3. Requiring hospitalisation in the Infectious Disease or Respiratory Disease Departments of Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Respiratory Disease Department or Home-care Service of Hospital Clínic de Barcelona and Respiratory Disease or Internal Medicine Departments of Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova de Lleida
1. Derived from a nursing home or extended care facility
2. Cognitive deficit
3. Do not understand Spanish or Catalan languages
4. No signed informed consent
Added 05/09/2014:
5. Immunocompromised patients
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Epidemiological, clinical and evolutive characteristics during the admission<br>2. Healthcare resources utilisation (readmissions and consultations to primary care and emergency department) within 30 days subsequent to discharge<br><br>We will conduct a complete medical history to obtain epidemiological, clinical and evolutionary variables during the hospitalisation. To achieve the variables related to the healthcare resource utilisation, all patients will be followed up a month after discharge. All variables will be collected in a Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) database.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Patient satisfaction<br>2. Time to return to normal activities<br>3. Intermediate objectives of the educational program<br><br>To achieve the variables all patients will be followed up a month after discharge. At 3 months, we also will assess the educational program through a telephone call. All variables will be collected in a Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) database.