None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of an interdisciplinary student clinic program for people with chronic disease compared to people who receive an oral health student-led clinic intervention. It is expected that people who receive the interdisciplinary clinic program will have better health and functioning, less disability, fewer hospitalisations, shorter lengths of stay, less ambulance usage and lower health costs than people who attend the oral health program; when people in the groups are matched using similar characteristics such as age, gender and number of comorbidities.
Interventions
Assessment and treatment at a student-led interdisciplinary clinic program including medication management, interdisciplinary care, case management, functional ability assessment and treatment for chronic disease in addition to usual medical magagement and hospital intervention (if applicable).
A diverse range of individualised, interdisciplinary education and exercise therapy programs such as Back School, a Healthy Lifestyle program, and pain management programs; and individualised discipline
Assessment and treatment at a student-led interdisciplinary clinic program including medication management, interdisciplinary care, case management, functional ability assessment and treatment for chronic disease in addition to usual medical magagement and hospital intervention (if applicable). A diverse range of individualised, interdisciplinary education and exercise therapy programs such as Back School, a Healthy Lifestyle program, and pain management programs; and individualised discipline specific consultations are provided. Sessions vary from 10-15 minutes in length to several hours depending on the clients requirements. The duration of intervention is less than 12-months but varies from one patient to another.
Sponsors
Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service
Study design
Allocation
Non-randomised trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Blinded (masking used) (Investigator)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Presence of two or more chronic diseases; Patients aged 18 years or older; Patients referred to the interdisciplinary student clinic (intervention group only); Patients referred to the oral health student clinic (control group only) Attendance at a minimum of four sessions of intervention at the interdisciplinary student clinic within 6-months of the intake interview (intervention group only); Attendance at a minimum of one or more sessions of intervention at the student-led oral health clinic within 6-months of their initial appointment (control group only); and, Provision of informed consent to participate.
Exclusion criteria
Clients younger than 18 years; Severe communication disability or behavioural changes that would compromise the ability to participate in the intervention program or complete the questionnaires; A cognitive deficit that impairs the ability to read or write or be interviewed.
Outcome results
None listed