NCT00235404

Randomized Controlled Trial of Health Care to Elderly Patients.

Specialized Treatment and Care Intervention at a Primary Level in a Nursing Home Compared to Conventional Treatment at a Hospital: a Randomized Controlled Trial.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 142 (actual)
• Sponsor: Norwegian University of Science and Technology · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 60 Years – 100 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

To study the efficacy of multicomponent treatment and care for patients with acute illness or deterioration of a chronic disease at a nursing home in primary health care compared to traditional treatment at hospital.

Detailed description

Managers at St. Olavs University Hospital and the City of Trondheim local authority decided in 2001 to establish a reinforced department at a nursing home with a multicomponent approach to patient treatment. In the study treatment at a nursing home will be compared with conventional treatment in ordinary hospital beds in medical, surgical and orthopedic departments at a hospital. Participating doctors at the hospital together with general practitioners shall develope inclusion criteria through Delphi technique. Eligible participants will be hospitalized from their ordinary home and expected to return to home after treatment. When an eligible patient is identified and accepted for inclusion, randomization will be performed by the Clinical Research Department at the Faculty of Medicine.

Conditions

• Congestive Heart Failure
• Angina Pectoris
• Asthma
• Pneumonia
• Fractures

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Multicomponent treatment	Specialized care in preparing recharge to home
OTHER	usual care	Usual recharge directly from hospital to home

Timeline

• Start date: 2003-09-01
• Completion: 2005-05-01
• First posted: 2005-10-10
• Last updated: 2016-07-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Norway