p-skilling patients in active self-management to reduce length of inpatient hospital stay

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Public Health; Public Health - Health promotion/education; Surgery - Other surgery

• Registration Number: ACTRN12609000999235
• Lead Sponsor: Fremantle Hospital and Health Service

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2009-11-18
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 460

Inclusion Criteria

Admitted in a surgical team with consultant consenting to patient participating in this trial, length of stay reaches the threshold (preliminary analysis suggests day 3) for inclusion in this study, voluntary informed written consent provided by patient for inclusion in the study. Threshold for inclusion as inpatient is minimum stay of 3 days

Exclusion Criteria

Inability to complete questionnaires, overt psychotic features, inpatient at any hospital within the 30 days prior to their current admission, inadequate English.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
ength of hospital inpatient stay from medical records[days of inpatient stay calculated from admission to discharge from medical records];Unit cost of inpatient stay (including direct surgical, pharmaceutical costs, and HEALTH<br>team costs) from medical records and time spent with patient per HEALTH professional[from admission to discharge from medical records]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Re-admission of the patient to any hospital related to their primary admission<br>from medical records[within 30 days of initial hospital admission as indicated from medical records];Death as recorded from hospital clinical data and medical records[within 30 days of discharge from hospital as recorded from clinical data and medical records];Unit cost of inpatient stay (including direct surgical, pharmaceutical costs, and HEALTH<br>team costs) from medical records and time spent with patient per HEALTH professional[Admission to discharge as recorded through medical records and clinical data]