Telemedicine-based, Multidisciplinary-team, Intervention to Reduce Unnecessary Hospitalizations and Healthcare Costs in Appalachia KY Skilled Nursing Facilities
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Dementia Alzheimers
- Sponsor
- Richard Ronan Murphy
- Enrollment
- 16
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Change in the Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) total score
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 4 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to investigate the use of telemedicine-based intervention at urban and rural skilled nursing facilities to recommend multidisciplinary dementia care to residents with dementia who are at risk for unnecessary hospitalization due behavioral or neuropsychiatric symptoms and/or complications as well as caregivers and facility staff. The multidisciplinary team is comprised of trained behavioral neurologists, social workers, advanced practice providers, primary medical team and nurse coordinators.
Investigators
Richard Ronan Murphy
Assistant Professor of Neurology
University of Kentucky
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Dementia Care facility resident Problematic behavioral problems
Exclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Change in the Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) total score
Time Frame: 6 months
The NPI assesses 10 behavioral symptom domains, scoring is based on symptom frequency and severity. The total NPI score sums the products of frequency and severity scores for each domain. Higher scores indicate more behavioral disturbance
Secondary Outcomes
- Change in the Resource Utilization in Dementia - Formal Care (RUD-FOCA)(6 months)
- Change in Quality of Life in Alzheimers Dementia (QoL-AD)(6 months.)