A trial for the development of patient-centered home care program
- Conditions
- Factors influencing health status and contact with health services
- Registration Number
- KCT0007921
- Lead Sponsor
- Chung-Ang University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 600
1) Older adults aged 65 years and above residing in the local community.
2) Individuals who have received long-term care assessment and have been classified into grades 1 to 5, with a long-term care certification score of 45 or above.
3) Individuals who have experienced proxy prescription or unmet medical needs due to reasons such as mobility impairment within the past 3 months.
4) Individuals with decreased ability to perform activities of daily living (Clinical Frailty Scale grade 4 or above) who have a need for home care services.
5) Individuals requiring ongoing healthcare management and medical intervention from physicians due to multiple chronic conditions or other reasons.
1) Individuals registered in hospice care due to terminal illness or those predicted to have a survival period of less than one month.
2) Individuals who prefer facility-based long-term care benefits over home-based care benefits.
3) Individuals who, despite receiving sufficient explanation regarding research participation, do not provide written consent.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional Study
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method between-group community survival days;between-group potentially avoidable hospitalizations ;between-group dying at home
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method emergency department visit rate;unplanned readmissions within 30 days of discharge;use of outpatient services;annual health and LTC spending;symptom burden;primary caregiver burden;patient satisfaction and quality of care service;healthcare service provider acceptance index;functional status