Patients who have the principle diagnose of the following disease of Diabetes mellitus, Stroke, Congestive Heart Failure, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Renal failure
Conditions
Interventions
Two groups:structured patient education on patient discharge versus Usual care
Sponsors
Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hospital Authority, Hong Kong
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 85 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients of the Department of M&T wards; 2. Patientsmain carers if patients cannot communicate; 3. Patients who have the principle diagnose of the following disease: Congestive Heart FailureChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Diabetes Mellitus, Renal failure & Stroke; 4. Aged between 18 and 85 years (inclusive); 5. Chinese in ethnicity.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients who are unconscious and critically ill; 2. clinically unstable psychiatric illnesses; 3. speak non-Cantonese dialect or different language or had conditions that prevented effective communications eg. Patients who are deaf, mute, have dysphagia or cognitive impairment; 4. live in nursing home with supervised treatment.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Changes in patient knowledge of the specific diseases, increase patients' and nurses' satisfaction; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Reduction in re-admission rate; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactYee Man Rebecca WONG
Diabetes & Endocrine Centre, Dept. of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hospital Authority
Outcome results
None listed