HYPERION-TransCare (Heading to ContinuitY of Prescribing in EldeRly with MultImOrbidity iN Transitional Care) - a clusterrandomized and controlled feasibility study to test the practicability and implementability of a complex intervention and study desig
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- multimorbidityMultimedication
- Registration Number
- DRKS00027649
- Lead Sponsor
- Medizinische Fakultät Carl Gustav Carus an der TU Dresden Bereich Allgemeinmedizin/ Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik III
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 98
Inclusion Criteria
Age: 65+ years,
= 2 long-term diagnoses,
Taking = 5 long-term medication,
= 1 previous hospital stay in the last 12 months,
The patient must be able to take part in written and telephone surveys (the patient can be supported by relatives, acquaintances ..)
Exclusion Criteria
Prefinal disease state,
Patient in the nursing home,
Severe mental illness (spectrum ICD-10-F diagnoses),
Planned long-term admission in the nursing home
Patient with legal guardian
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Combined primary endpoint (testing for the main study): health-related patient outcomes: Hospitalisation (FIMA), falls (standardised documentation) and mortality (standardised documentation) at t0 (baseline) and t1 (follow-up after 6 months) in the intervention group compared to the control group. The combined primary endpoint is recorded by information from patients or enquiries in the general practitioner's office.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method