Acute Combined Care for Seniors in Southern Denmark (ACCESS)

University of Southern Denmark (SDU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Acute Medical Conditions

Treatments: Other: General Practitioner; Other: hospital specialist

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02422849

SHS-ED-01-2013

Details and patient eligibility

About

the elderly population (+ 65 years) is increasing. Acute medical conditions often leads to hospital admissions in this age group. However hospital admission is linked to adverse events. like confusion, medication errors or new infections.

the ACCESS project aims to examine alternatives to acute admissions for senior medical patients.

the aims are:

1. How many patients will be admitted to hospital due to acute medical conditions if cared for by their own General Practitioner (GP) versus a hospital intern specialist ?
2. how many patients will be admitted to hospital due to acute medical conditions if cared for by acute team in their home versus in specialised care centres ?

Enrollment: 131 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 60+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• acute medical condition requiring immediate intervention.

Exclusion criteria

• GP not available next days
• absolutely admission requiring condition
• no informed consent obtainable
• nursing home resident
• inclusion in ACCESS within the last 3 months
• home care capacity limit reached

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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131 participants in 2 patient groups

own GP

Other group

Description:

The patient is cared for by own General Practitioner in the acute stage

Treatment:

Other: General Practitioner

Hospital specialist

Other group

Description:

The patient is cared for by a hospital specialist in the acute stage

Treatment:

Other: hospital specialist