Effectiveness of a case management model for the comprehensive provision of health services to pluripathological patients
Not Applicable
- Registration Number
- RPCEC00000293
- Lead Sponsor
- Health Sciences Universitary Foundation
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 317
Inclusion Criteria
1- Adults characterized as multi-pathological patients.
2- Primary caregivers of legal age.
3- People who decide to participate voluntarily.
4- Residents in the city of Bogotá.
5- Patients of the contributory health care scheme, insured by a health promoting entity of the contributory health care scheme in the city of Bogotá.
Exclusion Criteria
1- Patients with an altered state of consciousness or communication disorder will not be included.
2- Patients who voluntarily do not want to participate in the study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Demand for health care services. (Frequency of use of health services for causes related to multi-pathological clinical categories, Measurement tool: Patients Database). Measurement time: At baseline and, 6 months. <br> 2. Admission and re-admission (Frequency of unscheduled admissions and re-admissions related to multi-pathological clinical categories, Measurement tool: Patients Database). Measurement time: At baseline and, 6 months. <br>3. Pharmaceutical prescription (Medications prescribed to the patient,Measurement tool: drug-dispending database). Measurement time: At baseline and, 6 months. <br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Dependency (State in which are people who for reasons linked to the lack or loss of physical, mental or intellectual autonomy, need assistance and / or important aid in order to perform the basic activities of daily life, Measurement tool: Barthel Index and Lawton and Brody Scale). Measurement time: At baseline and, 6 months. <br>2. Quality of Life (Subjective perception, influenced by the current state of health, of the ability to perform those activities that are important for the individual,Measurement tool: SF-36). Measurement time: At baseline and, 6 months. <br>3. Caregiver burden (Degree of subjective burden of the main caregivers of multi-pathological patients, Measurement tool: ZARIT Scale) Measurement time: At baseline and, 6 months. <br>