Randomized Controlled Trial of Health Care to Elderly Patients.

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Angina Pectoris; Asthma; Pneumonia; Fractures; Congestive Heart Failure
• Interventions: Other: usual care; Other: Multicomponent treatment

• Registration Number: NCT00235404
• Lead Sponsor: Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Brief Summary

To study the efficacy of multicomponent treatment and care for patients with acute illness or deterioration of a chronic disease at a nursing home in primary health care compared to traditional treatment at hospital.

Detailed Description

Managers at St. Olavs University Hospital and the City of Trondheim local authority decided in 2001 to establish a reinforced department at a nursing home with a multicomponent approach to patient treatment.

In the study treatment at a nursing home will be compared with conventional treatment in ordinary hospital beds in medical, surgical and orthopedic departments at a hospital. Participating doctors at the hospital together with general practitioners shall develope inclusion criteria through Delphi technique. Eligible participants will be hospitalized from their ordinary home and expected to return to home after treatment. When an eligible patient is identified and accepted for inclusion, randomization will be performed by the Clinical Research Department at the Faculty of Medicine.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2003-09
• Study Completion: 2005-05
• Study First Submitted: 2005-10-07
• Study First Submitted QC: 2005-10-07
• Study First Posted: 2005-10-10
• Status Verified: 2016-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-07-28
• Last Update Posted: 2016-07-29

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 142

Inclusion Criteria

• Participating doctors at the hospital together with general practitioners shall develope inclusion criteria through Delphi technique.

Exclusion Criteria

• Participating doctors at the hospital together with general practitioners shall develope exclusion criteria through Delphi technique.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Usual care	usual care	-
Intermediate community hospital	Multicomponent treatment	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Number of deaths	Within 12 months
Number of readmissions	Within 60 days
Need of home nursing services	within 12 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Costs	Within 12 months

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Faculty of Medicine, The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU); 🇳🇴 Trondheim, Norway