Community in-reach and care transition study
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Care of the elderlyNot Applicable
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN94393315
- Lead Sponsor
- ottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (UK)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 240
Inclusion Criteria
Eligible participants are patients:
1. Men and women aged 70 years and over
2. Admitted to hospital on the general medical elderly care ward as an unplanned medical admission
3. Admitted to hospital from their own home or residential care
4. GP registered within the Nottingham City PCT catchment area
5. Admitted Sunday to Friday
Exclusion Criteria
1. Previously bed bound
2. Receiving palliative care
3. Moribund on admission
4. Previously included in the trial on an earlier admission
5. Admitted from a nursing home
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Hospital length of stay from admission to, to discharge from the general medical elderly care ward
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Super spell bed days (total time in NHS care (all hospital care+ community care / intermediate care) at 28 and 91 days post discharge<br>2. Unplanned hospital re-admission at 28 and 91 days post discharge<br>3. Disability (Barthel ADL Index) at 91 days post discharge<br>4. Health related quality of life (EQ-5D-3L) at 91 days post discharge