A Prospective Randomised Control Trial to Study the Effectiveness of a Health Service Innovation Using a Modified Virtual Ward Model to Prevent Unscheduled Readmission of High Risk Patients

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Chronic Diseases
• Interventions: Other: Intervention

• Registration Number: NCT02325752
• Lead Sponsor: Singapore General Hospital

Brief Summary

The investigators conducted an open randomized control study of patients who received the transitional care program versus patients who received usual care at the Singapore General Hospital from Aug 2011 to Sept 2012.

Detailed Description

The investigators conducted an open randomized control study of patients who received the transitional care program versus patients who received usual care at the Singapore General Hospital from Aug 2011 to Sept 2012.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-08
• Primary Completion: 2012-10
• Study Completion: 2013-01
• Study First Submitted: 2014-12-21
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-12-21
• Study First Posted: 2014-12-25
• Status Verified: 2017-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-02-09
• Last Update Posted: 2017-02-10

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 840

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients with 2 or more unscheduled admission in the last 90 days to selected medical departments
• LACE score of ≥10.

Exclusion Criteria

• Non-residents
• No telephone contact or a resident address
• Residing in long term care facilities.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intervention	Intervention	Intervention

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Rate of readmission	30 days	Any hospital admission after randomisation