Hospital at home as a model of early discharge from hospital [Hospitalización en domicilio como modelo de alta precoz desde el hospital]

Completed

• Conditions: Adult inpatients with moderate risk diseases; Not Applicable; Moderate risk diseases

• Registration Number: ISRCTN36662318
• Lead Sponsor: Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile) (Chile)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2009-07-10
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 102

Inclusion Criteria

1. Adult inpatients requiring interventions usually provided in the hospital, as health care professionals supervision, intravenous drug administration, oxygen therapy, intensive nursing care or rehabilitation
2. One of the following conditions as the main cause of hospitalisation or as complication of the hospitalisation:
2.1. Surgical procedure
2.2. Pneumonia (community acquired and health-care related)
2.3. Upper urinary tract infection (community acquired and health-care related)
2.4. Septic arthritis
2.5. Acute complications of diabetes
2.6. Decompensated chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
2.7. Decompensated heart failure
2.8. End-stage kidney disease waiting for the initiation of dialysis
2.9. Acute renal failure
2.10. Decompensated liver disease
2.11. Deep vein thrombosis requiring hospitalisation
3. Predicted hospital stay over two days
4. Treating physician agreement with the possibility of the patient being managed under hospital at home modality
5. Responsible caregiver agreement with the possibility of the patient being managed under hospital at home modality
6. Home meeting basic characteristics (space, safety conditions, basic service availability, hygiene in general)

Exclusion Criteria

1. Terminal disease or palliative care
2. Patients requiring intravenous treatments more than twice a day
3. Domestic violence, drug addiction, criminal behaviour, extreme poverty or any other factor that may hamper the normal recovery of patients

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified