Case Management - Active Telephone Support to Patients With COLD

Not Applicable

• Conditions: COLD
• Interventions: Behavioral: Lifestyle behavioral. Health plan, telephone support

• Registration Number: NCT02457533
• Lead Sponsor: Region Sjælland

Brief Summary

To investigate the effects of patient counseling by telephone on Quality of Life and the use of Health care system.

Detailed Description

By analyzing patient data, patients with risk of high consumption of the Health system are identified.

These patients are invited to take part in the study. If the patient accept the invitation, oral and written information of the study is given. If the patient give informed consent to participate, the inclusion and exclusion criteria and the patient record are examined.

If the patient meet the criteria the patient is randomized to active treatment or control 1:1.

Patient in the Intervention Group have a in depth interview of Health and social status and possible interventions are planned. Following that, the patient is contacted by telephone on weekly intervals for 6 to 9 months.

Patients in both Groups fill out questionaire Short-Form Health Survey-36 (SF-36) and COPD Assessment Test (COPD) and the consumption of Health care is monitored.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-04
• Study First Submitted: 2015-04-23
• Status Verified: 2015-05
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-05-26
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-05-26
• Study First Posted: 2015-05-29
• Last Update Posted: 2015-05-29
• Primary Completion: 2015-10
• Study Completion: 2016-04

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 400

Inclusion Criteria

• Patient living in The Zealand Region.
• A COLD-related contact with hospital with-in 6 months.
• Predicted to be in high risk of new hospital admission.

Exclusion Criteria

• Dementia.
• Psychosis.
• Drug-addiction.
• Cancer with metastasis.
• Terminal illness.
• Language difficulties demanding translator.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Active	Lifestyle behavioral. Health plan, telephone support	Lifestyle behavioral. Health plan, telephone support

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Quality of Life questionnaire SF-36 (Short-Form Health Survey)	Participants will be followed an expected avarage of 6 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Analysis of patients use of Health Care system	1 year

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Regional Research; 🇩🇰 Roskilde, Denmark