Community-acquired pneumonia Respiratory Viral pneumonia, not elsewhere classified
Conditions
Interventions
Patients will be randomly assigned to receive the educational program during hospitalisation to improve their own understanding of the disease and self-care management at home. The control group will
Sponsors
Institute of Biomedical Investigations of Bellvitge (Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge) (IDIBELL) (Spain)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Adult patients (aged 18 years and over), either sex 2. Diagnosed with community-acquired pneumonia 3. Requiring hospitalisation in the Infectious Diseases and Respiratory Departments of Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge Updated 05/09/2014: 3. Requiring hospitalisation in the Infectious Disease or Respiratory Disease Departments of Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Respiratory Disease Department or Home-care Service of Hospital Clínic de Barcelona and Respiratory Disease or Internal Medicine Departments of Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova de Lleida
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Derived from a nursing home or extended care facility 2. Cognitive deficit 3. Do not understand Spanish or Catalan languages 4. No signed informed consent Added 05/09/2014: 5. Immunocompromised patients
Design outcomes
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Patient satisfaction 2. Time to return to normal activities 3. Intermediate objectives of the educational program To achieve the variables all patients will be followed up a month after discharge. At 3 months, we also will assess the educational program through a telephone call. All variables will be collected in a Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) database. | — |
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Epidemiological, clinical and evolutive characteristics during the admission 2. Healthcare resources utilisation (readmissions and consultations to primary care and emergency department) within 30 days subsequent to discharge We will conduct a complete medical history to obtain epidemiological, clinical and evolutionary variables during the hospitalisation. To achieve the variables related to the healthcare resource utilisation, all patients will be followed up a month after discharge. All variables will be collected in a Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) database. | — |
Countries
Spain
Outcome results
None listed