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Impact of an Educational Program in the Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Community-acquired pneumonia
Respiratory
Viral 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
Inclusion Criteria

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

Exclusion Criteria

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
NameTimeMethod
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
NameTimeMethod
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.
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