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CompletedNCT02139917

Effects of a Transitional Palliative Care Model on Patients With End-stage Renal Failure

Effects of a Transitional Palliative Care Model on Patients With ESRF

Status
Completed
Phase
N/A
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
76 (actual)
Sponsor
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
18 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

Primary aim: 1. To compare the effects of customary care and an interventional Home-based Palliative Renal Program (HBPRP) for ESRF patients 2. To compare the effects of customary care and Home-based Palliative Program (HBPP) for ESRF patients Secondary aim: 3. To explore the lived experiences of patients with ESRF. Hypothesis The transitional renal palliative care model is associated with decreased in unscheduled hospital readmission, reduce length of stay as well as improved quality of life for patients with end-stage renal failure.

Detailed description

Objectives Related to the primary aim: 1. Are there differences in healthcare utilization between the ESRF patients in the customary care group and those in the HBPRP group; in the HBPRP group and HBPP group? 2. Are there differences in evaluated health outcomes (functional status, symptom intensity, and satisfaction with care) between the customary care group and the HBPRP group ; in the HBPRP group and HBPP group? 3. Are there differences in perceived health outcomes (quality of life, caregiver burden) between the customary care group and the HBPRP group; in the HBPRP group and HBPP group? Related to the secondary aim: 4. How are the lived experiences compared and contrasted between the customary care group and the HBPRP group; in the HBPRP group and HBPP group?

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
BEHAVIORALTransitional community based palliative caretransitional palliative care include:- * telephone follow up for early identification of signs and symptoms * relief of signs and symptoms encountered * home visit with spiritual support

Timeline

Start date
2014-08-01
Primary completion
2017-09-01
Completion
2018-11-01
First posted
2014-05-16
Last updated
2019-03-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Hong Kong

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02139917. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.