Intermediate care in nursing home
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Acute illness or trauma in frail elderly patients with co-morbidity, resulting in hospital admission. Choice of post-acute management and care. Collaboration between hospital and community health services.Signs and SymptomsUnknown and unspecified causes of morbidity
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN21608185
- Lead Sponsor
- Kavli Research Centre for Ageing and Dementia (Norway)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 400
Inclusion Criteria
1. Patients aged 70 years or older
2. Living at home
3. Resident in Bergen municipality
4. Acutely admitted to medical or orthopaedic departments
5. Respiratory and circulatory stable
6. Deemed able to return home within three weeks
7. Intermediate care considered suitable by attending physician
Exclusion Criteria
1. Severe dementia
2. Delirium
3. Need for surgery or intensive care treatment
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Our pre-specified primary outcome was the number of days patients would be alive and living at home throughout the first year after randomization. Data were obtained from patient registers at the hospitals and the community health care services for a period of 365 days for each patient after randomization.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Secondary outcome measures were mortality, days spent in hospital, days in nursing homes and use of home care services.