Comparing different strategies for chronic patients self-control in dependent patients living at home

Self-control strategies in chronic diseases (at home chronic and dependent patients): a randomized controlled trial

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN68655887

Enrollment

Registered

2017-08-04

Start date

2017-02-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2017-09-04

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Conditions

Chronic diseases in frail patients (at-home dependent patients) Not Applicable

Interventions

Five Primary Health-Care Centers (PHCs) from the OSI Donostialdea are randomised to the experimental group and five PHCs to the control group. Within the experimental group (five PHCs), individuals wi

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Frail patients 2. Living at home 3. Barthel Index score lower than 60 4. Agree to participate 5. No age limits

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Do not agree to participate

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Number of physical consultations, taken from information systems during the 1-year follow up 2. Number of visits to ED, taken from information systems during the 1-year follow up 3. Mortality, taken from mortality registry at the end of the 1-year follow-up	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Number of admissions, registered by information systems during the 1-year follow up 2. Length of stay, the mean number of days if the patients suffers more than one admission, registered by information systems during the 1-year follow up 3. Perceived quality of care, measured using standard questionnaire at the end of the 1-year follow-up	—

Countries

Spain

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026