Impact of a Multidimensional Intervention in Elderly Patients With Pneumonia (IMIEPAP)

Fundació Institut de Recerca de l'Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau

Status: Completed

Conditions: Healthcare-associated Pneumonia; Community-acquired Pneumonia

Treatments: Other: Multidimensional intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01285869

IIBSP-INT-2010-13

Details and patient eligibility

About

The hypothesis of this study is that long-term outcome in elderly patients admitted with the diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) or healthcare-associated pneumonia (HCAP) would improve with a multidimensional intervention including assessment of co-morbidities, nutritional, functional and cognitive status and immunization.

Full description

Detailed description published in "Revista Española de Geriatría y Gerontología" (see citation and link)

Enrollment: 314 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Elderly patients (aged 65 years and over), of either sex, not dependent for basic activities of daily living (Barthel index ≥60 points).
• Diagnosed with community-acquired pneumonia at the Emergency Department or Day Hospitals at "Hospital de la Santa Creu I Santa Pau"
• Admitted to hospital.

Exclusion criteria

• Derived from other acute care hospitals.
• Patients with HIV infection.
• Neutrophil counter<1000/mm3
• Transplanted patients.
• Barthel index<60 points.
• Terminal disease.
• No signed informed consent.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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314 participants in 2 patient groups

Multidisciplinar intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Patients that will receive the multidimensional intervention during the ambulatory follow-up.

Treatment:

Other: Multidimensional intervention

Conventional follow up

No Intervention group

Description:

This is an observation only group and outpatient follow up will be indicated in accordance with usual and customary practices.