Assessment of Teleconsulting in Nursing Homes to Avoid Transportations to the Emergency Units

Completed

• Conditions: Nursing Homes Residents
• Interventions: Device: Residents of nursing homes with telemedicine after implementation of telemedicine

• Registration Number: NCT02164747
• Lead Sponsor: Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether teleconsulting would be effective and cost-effective by reducing the patients transportations and the use of emergency units for nursing home residents.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2012-01
• Study First Submitted: 2014-06-13
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-06-16
• Study First Posted: 2014-06-17
• Primary Completion: 2016-09
• Study Completion: 2016-12
• Status Verified: 2017-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-01-10
• Last Update Posted: 2017-01-11

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 341

Inclusion Criteria

• All residents of selected nursing homes

Exclusion Criteria

• None

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Exposed group, after telemedicine	Residents of nursing homes with telemedicine after implementation of telemedicine	Residents of nursing homes with telemedicine after implementation of telemedicine

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Length of hospital stay	Within 1 year after start of the study

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Patient transportation to a emergency unit	Within 1 year after start of the study
Number of hospitalizations	Within 1 year after start of the study
Global costs	Within 1 year after start of the study

Trial Locations

Locations (5)

Résidence La Gentilhommière; 🇫🇷 Boussy St Antoine, France

Résidence Notre Dame d'Espérance; 🇫🇷 Milly la Forêt, France

Résidence de l'Orge; 🇫🇷 Saint Germain lès Arpajon, France

Le Centenaire; 🇫🇷 Pussay, France

Résidence Les Tisserins; 🇫🇷 Evry, France