NCT02658123

Reducing Readmissions in High-Risk Ostomates

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 94 (actual)
• Sponsor: Washington University School of Medicine · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Preventing complications and readmission after ostomy surgery will decrease the cost of healthcare, improve patient safety, reduce the cost of durable medical equipment required by ostomates, ensure continued specialized care is available, and potentially improve both short and long-term quality of life (QOL) for patients by reducing morbidity and mortality associated with ostomy surgery. The purpose of this study is to measure the effectiveness of patient centered interventions/care pathways and to determine the impact on healthcare utilization, 30-day hospital readmissions, and QOL.

Conditions

• Ileostomy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Pre-operative education (standard of care)
OTHER	Home health care visits (standard of care)
OTHER	Follow-up post-operative visits
OTHER	Patient Data Collection Form	-Form that contains date, area to record number of pouches, and if home health care visit took place.
OTHER	Healthcare Utilization Form	* Form for patient to record if they visited an emergency room or urgent care or if they were hospitalized * Form allows patient to record reason for visit and date of visit
OTHER	The City of Hope QOL Survey for Ostomy Patients	* Consists of 47 questions asking various physical, psychological, sexual, work-related, and demographic questions. * Additional 34 questions on how the ostomy affects quality of life. Answers range from 0=not at all to 10=severe problem.
OTHER	Phone call with CWOCN or PA

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-04-01
• Primary completion: 2018-08-22
• Completion: 2018-08-22
• First posted: 2016-01-18
• Last updated: 2018-10-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States