Case Management - Active Telephone Support to Patients With COLD

Region Sjælland

Status: Unknown

Conditions: COLD

Treatments: Behavioral: Lifestyle behavioral. Health plan, telephone support

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02457533

CM1

Details and patient eligibility

About

To investigate the effects of patient counseling by telephone on Quality of Life and the use of Health care system.

Full description

By analyzing patient data, patients with risk of high consumption of the Health system are identified.

These patients are invited to take part in the study. If the patient accept the invitation, oral and written information of the study is given. If the patient give informed consent to participate, the inclusion and exclusion criteria and the patient record are examined.

If the patient meet the criteria the patient is randomized to active treatment or control 1:1.

Patient in the Intervention Group have a in depth interview of Health and social status and possible interventions are planned. Following that, the patient is contacted by telephone on weekly intervals for 6 to 9 months.

Patients in both Groups fill out questionaire Short-Form Health Survey-36 (SF-36) and COPD Assessment Test (COPD) and the consumption of Health care is monitored.

Enrollment: 400 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patient living in The Zealand Region.
• A COLD-related contact with hospital with-in 6 months.
• Predicted to be in high risk of new hospital admission.

Exclusion criteria

• Dementia.
• Psychosis.
• Drug-addiction.
• Cancer with metastasis.
• Terminal illness.
• Language difficulties demanding translator.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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400 participants in 2 patient groups

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Only SF-36 and CAT

Active

Active Comparator group

Description:

Lifestyle behavioral. Health plan, telephone support

Treatment:

Behavioral: Lifestyle behavioral. Health plan, telephone support