Evaluation of Mobile X-ray Within the Triple Aim Method

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Completed

• Conditions: X-rays; Effects; Health Impairment; Patient Satisfaction
• Interventions: Procedure: Mobile X-ray

• Registration Number: NCT04005040
• Lead Sponsor: University of Aarhus

Brief Summary

Background:

In foreign countries, mobile x-ray already is being used where transfer to the radiology department at the hospital may be an obstacle. Using mobile x-ray, the x-ray examination is performed in the patients own home with transportable equipment that reminds of the transportable x-ray equipment that is being used in the intensive care units. At The Department of Radiology (DOR), Aarhus University Hospital there is an ongoing project mobile x-ray for patients living in nursing homes in Aarhus. The project will be evaluated inspired by the Triple Aim Approach in three sub studies.

Overall aim:

The overall aim is to conclude if mobile x-ray improves healthcare for fragile patients.

Hypotheses:

* Patients examined with mobile x-ray have fewer number of hospital admissions compared with patients examined with x-ray at DOR.

* Patients examined with mobile x-ray are more satisfied with their examination compared with patients examined with x-ray at DOR.

Sub study 1 - Population health

Aim:

The primary aim is to study if mobile x-ray improves the health of the defined population measured in hospital admission. Also to study challenges conducting a RCT.

The outcome measures:

The primary outcome is hospital admissions.

Sub study 2 - Experience of care

Aim:

The aim is to study the satisfaction with mobile x-ray compared the satisfaction to x-ray at DOR.

Methods:

Observations, interview and questionnaires.

Detailed Description

Not available

Basic Information
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Recruitment & Eligibility
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Study & Design
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Trial Locations

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2018-05-01
• Primary Completion: 2019-04-17
• Study Completion: 2019-04-17
• Status Verified: 2019-06
• Study First Submitted: 2019-06-28
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-06-28
• Study First Posted: 2019-07-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-04-20
• Last Update Posted: 2020-04-22

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 374

Inclusion Criteria

• patients referred to a mobile X-ray examination in Aarhus Municipality

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Exclusion Criteria

• all other patients referred to an x-ray examination

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Mobile X-ray	Mobile X-ray	Intervention: X-ray examination in the patients own home
X-ray at the Hospital	Mobile X-ray	Control: X-ray at the hospital

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Hospital admissions	one year	How many patients are hospitalized

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
patient satisfaction	one year	Measuring satisfaction using questionnaires

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Aarhus University Hospital; 🇩🇰 Aarhus, Central Region Denmark, Denmark