A Prospective Randomised Control Trial to Study the Effectiveness of a Health Service Innovation Using a Modified Virtual Ward Model to Prevent Unscheduled Readmission of High Risk Patients
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 840
- 主要终点
- Rate of readmission
研究概览
简要总结
The investigators conducted an open randomized control study of patients who received the transitional care program versus patients who received usual care at the Singapore General Hospital from Aug 2011 to Sept 2012.
详细描述
The investigators conducted an open randomized control study of patients who received the transitional care program versus patients who received usual care at the Singapore General Hospital from Aug 2011 to Sept 2012.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Health Services Research
- 盲法
- Single (Participant)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 21 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Patients with 2 or more unscheduled admission in the last 90 days to selected medical departments
- •LACE score of ≥10.
排除标准
- •Non-residents
- •No telephone contact or a resident address
- •Residing in long term care facilities.
研究组 & 干预措施
Control
Patients in the control group received usual care by the hospital. There was no contact between the patients in the control group and the study team throughout the 3 months interval. A scheduled telephone call was made at the end of 3 months when they were invited to participate in a telephone survey.
Intervention
Intervention
干预措施: Intervention (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
Rate of readmission
时间窗: 30 days
Any hospital admission after randomisation
次要结局
未报告次要终点