Family Focused Nursing for Elderly Medical Patients

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• Conditions: Depression
• Interventions: Behavioral: Family Focused Nursing

• Registration Number: NCT02408081
• Lead Sponsor: University of Southern Denmark

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether Family Focused Nursing are effective in the treatment of elderly medical patients with respect to prevalence of depression

Detailed Description

Psychosocial issues such as lack of social support and symptoms of depression, are risk factors associated to readmission for elderly medical patients. Families with elderly members in general want to be involved in the caring and want to maintain a close relation to their elderly family member. However, disease in a single family can have a negative effect on all members and may result in dysfunction of the family. International guidelines recommend that the patient's relatives are involved in patient education as well as the treatment. Family interventions might contribute to decline depression and readmissions, besides enhanced quality of life and family function among elderly medical patients and their next of kin.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2015-03-31
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-03-31
• Study Start: 2015-04
• Study First Posted: 2015-04-03
• Primary Completion: 2017-01
• Study Completion: 2017-01
• Status Verified: 2017-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-10-25
• Last Update Posted: 2017-10-27

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: WITHDRAWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: Not specified

Inclusion Criteria

• acute hospitalized
• an expected hospitalization of minimum two days
• speak and understand Danish
• signed informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

• dementia (evaluated by the Mini Mental State Examination [MMSE] < 24)
• terminally ill patients whose survival rate is assessed to be less than a month

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Family Focused Nursing	Family Focused Nursing	Family Focused Nursing and treatment as usual

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in depressive symptoms assessed by 9 points measured on the Geriatric Depression Scale	Baseline, 7 days and 6 months after the intervention	The effect of intervention on primary outcome are investigated as longitudinal data at seven days and six month. The data are analysed using mixed models

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in family function score on Brief Family Assessment Measure III	7 days and 6 months	The effect of intervention on secondary outcome are investigated as longitudinal
Change in health related quality of life on Medical Outcomes Study Short Form, SF-8	7 days and 6 months	The effect of intervention on secondary outcome are investigated as longitudinal
Change in time spent between hospitalization	7 days and 6 months	The effect of intervention on secondary outcome are investigated as longitudinal

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University Hospital Gentofte; 🇩🇰 Copenhagen, Hellerup, Denmark