Impact of Telemedicine on Avoiding Emergency Hospital Admissions and Hospitalization for Nursing Home Residents
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Elderly
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Limoges
- Enrollment
- 428
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Efficacy
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 9 months ago
Overview
Brief Summary
Telemedicine-based care provides remote health and social care to maintain people's autonomy and increase their quality of life. The rapidly aging population has come with a significant increase in the prevalence of chronic diseases and their effects, and thus the need for increased care and welfare.
This solutions give a new opportunity for diagnosis, treatment, education, and rehabilitation, and make it possible to monitor patients with a number of chronic diseases. It also reduces socioeconomic disparity with regard to access to care and gives equal chances to patients from urban and rural areas.
This a randomized trial of telemedicine versus usual care alone to reduce hospitalization and emergency hospital admissions for Nursing Home Residents .
After an initial assessment , each participant is monitored by teleconsultation on six occasions over 12 months. Patients with usual care have an initial and a 12 months assessments.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Elderly over 60 years
- •Resident in nursing homes
- •Resident with multiples chronic diseases with at least two comorbidities
- •Having given free and informed consent in writing and signed by himself and / or his legal representative
Exclusion Criteria
- •Resident unaffiliated or not beneficiary of Social Security
- •Resident with a life-threatening disease
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Efficacy
Time Frame: 12 month
Proportion of patients who had an admission to the emergency or unscheduled hospitalization in health service or surgery
Secondary Outcomes
- MAST(12 months)