Evaluation of the effectiveness of a nursing intervention aiming at facilitating the hospital to home transition within a cardiologic Emergency Room (ER) [Évaluation de l?efficacité d?un modèle d?interventions infirmières de soutien à la transition hôpital-domicile dans une urgence cardiologique]

Completed

• Conditions: Facilitation of hospital to home transition after a visit to the ER; Not Applicable; Facilitation of hospital to home transition

• Registration Number: ISRCTN88422298
• Lead Sponsor: Montreal Heart Institute (MHI) Research Centre (Canada)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2008-02-06
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 462

Inclusion Criteria

1. Male and female aged 18 years old or more presenting both of the following repeated visits to the ER criterion:
1.1. Taking six medications or more a day
1.2. Having made one visit or more to the cardiologic ER in the last 12 months
2. Visiting the ER for an unplanned visit (i.e. not coming to the ER on a planned basis, e.g. to receive a laboratory or diagnosis procedure result)
3. Being discharged from the ER directly to their home
4. Having the physical and cognitive capacities to answer a written questionnaire and to communicate by telephone
5. Being able to communicate in French or in English

Exclusion Criteria

1. Having already another nursing follow-up in the 10 days following discharge (e.g. from another research project or from a specialised clinic) to avoid duplication of the nursing interventions being provided to the patient
2. Having already been recruited in the study in a precedent visit to the cardiologic ER

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
'Return to ER: the occurrence of any visits to the cardiologic ER in the month following randomisation. This will be measured using the hospital patient's registry.