Assessment of Functional Ability and Follow-up at Home for Older Medical Patients

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02078466

Enrollment

380

Registered

2014-03-05

Start date

2014-03-31

Completion date

2016-11-30

Last updated

2016-12-12

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Conditions

Geriatric Disorder

Keywords

Functional assessment, readmission, acute care, older medical patients

Brief summary

The aim of this study is to examine the effect of an intervention that consist of assessment of functional ability, rehabilitation plan and follow-up at home for older medical patients. The hypothesis is that assessment of functional ability, development of rehabilitation plan and follow-up at home reduce the older medical patient's risk of readmission. Also the intervention is expected to reduce mortality, number of contacts to general practitioners and emergency physician

Interventions

OTHERAssessment of functional ability and follow-up at home

Assessment of functional ability and follow-up at home

Study design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

65 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Patients admitted to Medical Visitations Section (MVA) Aarhus University Hospital * Aged 65+ * Resident in City of Aarhus

Exclusion criteria

* Patients admitted from nursing home * Patients transferred to other hospital departments * Patients terminally ill

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Readmission	Readmission in 26 weeks

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Readmission	Readmission in 30 days
Mortality	Mortality in 26 weeks
Number of contacts with GP	26 weeks
Number of contacts with emergency Physician	26 weeks

Countries

Denmark

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 6, 2026