Geriatric Telemanagement of HEALTH Conditions in Nursing Home Residents Recently Discharged From the Hospital- GET HEALTH-I

ConditionOlder Hospitalized Patients

Trial statusRecruiting

Trial phaseNot applicable

Trial typeInterventional

Biological sexAll

Age70+

SponsorIstituto Nazionale di Ricovero e Cura per Anziani

About this trial

Get-HEALTH-I study is a retrospective prospective interventional study to evaluate the impact of a geriatric telemanagement program on cost-effectiveness and clinical outcomes in nursing home residents post-hospital discharge.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Nursing home residents discharged from the hospital within one week of admission to the nursing home

Disqualifiers

Residents admitted for a short-term stay

Trial design

Design model

Single group

Treatments tested in this trial

Geriatric telemanagement
Other intervention
The geriatrician will coordinate, through a telemedicine consultation, a team consisting of the general practitioner and the nursing home staff. The geriatrician will review the diagnoses, treatments, and results of the comprehensive geriatric assessment performed by the nursing home staff. Subsequently, the entire team will conduct a multidisciplinary conference.

Treatment groups

102 Participants

are divided into 1 treatment group

Group A: Nursing home residentsExperimental treatment 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

reduction in hospitalization rate

A minimum 15% reduction in the hospitalization rate will define the efficacy of the geriatric telemedicine consultation intervention

Time frame

After 6 months from baseline

Sponsors and contacts

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Istituto Nazionale di Ricovero e Cura per Anziani

Lead sponsor

Ministry of Health, Italy

Collaborator

Source ClinicalTrials.gov

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