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Clinical Trials/ISRCTN51154948
ISRCTN51154948
Completed
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Partners at Care Transitions (PACT): Improving patient experience and safety at transitions of care - Assessing the feasibility of using the PACT intervention to improve safety and experience of the transition process in a randomised controlled trial setting.

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust0 sites228 target enrollmentJuly 16, 2019

Overview

Phase
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Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
o specific condition. Patients will have been admitted to hospital for care for conditions such as stroke, COPD, infection, or with injuries from falls. It is not possible to know in advance what conditions the patients will have because we are recruiting from a range of hospital specialties which are likely to include stroke, respiratory, cardiology, and elderly medical wards. Patients may have dementia and/or acute delirium alongside their presenting complaint.
Sponsor
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Enrollment
228
Status
Completed
Last Updated
3 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

2020 Protocol article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32905158/ protocol (added 11/09/2020) 2022 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36183129/ (added 03/10/2022)

Registry
who.int
Start Date
July 16, 2019
End Date
July 31, 2020
Last Updated
3 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • 1\. Aged 75 and over
  • 2\. Community\-dwelling at the time of admission and anticipated to be discharged to their own home or that of a relative (this can include a period of rehabilitation after hospital discharge)
  • 3\. Staying for at least one night on a participating ward
  • 4\. Ability to read and understand English
  • 5\. Willing and able to give informed consent (or personal consultee if lacking in mental capacity)
  • For patients who lack capacity, eligible consultee/proxys (e.g. carers) will fulfil the following criteria:
  • 1\. A primary carer for the patient
  • 2\. Provides informal care to the patient (i.e. not paid / professional)
  • 3\. Willing to act as a consultee for the patient and/or willing and able to give informed consent to act as the patient’s proxy throughout the study.
  • 4\. Ability to read and understand English

Exclusion Criteria

  • 1\. Out of area patients and/or patients who are to be transferred to another hospital
  • 2\. Admitted for psychiatric reasons (other than dementia/delirium)
  • 3\. Nursing/residential home resident or planning to be discharged to a nursing / residential home on a permanent basis
  • 4\. Less than one overnight stay (on the participating ward) at time of recruitment
  • 5\. Identified as being at the end of their life/subject to fast\-track discharge to palliative care
  • 6\. Unable to read and understand English
  • 7\. Unable to give informed consent and where a suitable personal consultee cannot be identified, or if no one is prepared to act as a consultee for the patient

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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