NCT02078466

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

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 380 (actual)
• Sponsor: Aarhus University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

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

Conditions

• Geriatric Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Assessment of functional ability and follow-up at home	Assessment of functional ability and follow-up at home

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-03-01
• Primary completion: 2016-11-01
• Completion: 2016-11-01
• First posted: 2014-03-05
• Last updated: 2016-12-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Denmark