Quality of Life
Conditions
Keywords
Quality of Life, Health Care Utilization
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to identify persons with high risk of frequent hospital admissions and by counselling by one in depth interview followed by frequent telephone contacts improve their quality of life and reduce their healthcare utilization.
Detailed description
Participants are identified by administrative data and a model predicting high risk of future healthcare utilization. Participants are invited to the study by mail. After informed consent participants are randomized to either active treatment or control 3:1. Active patients have an in depth interview with a specially trained nurse. Further counselling by telephone weekly for 6-9 months. Quality of Life is measured by SF-36 every 3 months for one year both in active participants and in controls.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALInterview followed by frequent telephone support
Interview followed by telephone support
Sponsors
Health Navigator
Region Sjælland
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Patient \> 18 years * Recent history of contact with hospital * Anticipated sustained high visit frequency
Exclusion criteria
* Dementia (ICD10: F00-F03 or F051) * Psychoses (ICD10: F20-F29) * Drug abuse (ICD10: F10-F19) * Metastases (ICD10: C77-C80) * Hearing impairment or language difficulties * Life expectancy \< 1 year No telephone
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Quality of Life reported by the participants with use of Short Form 36 | Questionaire Short Form-36 Every 3 months for one year | — |
| Health Care Utilization - Admissions to and days in hospital | One year | The use of different health care systems will be recorded |
Countries
Denmark
Contacts
Primary ContactKnud Rasmussen, MD DMSci
Backup ContactEllen B Zacho, Chief Consul
Outcome results
None listed