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

Aarhus University Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Geriatric Disorder

Treatments: Other: Assessment of functional ability and follow-up at home

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02078466

Functional ability in older

Details and patient eligibility

About

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

Enrollment: 380 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients admitted to Medical Visitations Section (MVA) Aarhus University Hospital
• Aged 65+
• Resident in City of Aarhus

Exclusion criteria

• Patients admitted from nursing home
• Patients transferred to other hospital departments
• Patients terminally ill

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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380 participants in 2 patient groups

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

Usual care

Assessment of functional ability

Experimental group

Description:

Assessment of functional ability and follow-up at home

Treatment:

Other: Assessment of functional ability and follow-up at home