The RAD-HOME Project: a Pilot Study of Domiciliary Teleradiology (RHP)

Azienda Ospedaliera San Giovanni Battista

Status: Completed

Conditions: Fractures; Exacerbation of COPD; Osteomyelitis; Pneumonia; Acute Congestive Heart Failure

Treatments: Radiation: X-rays in hospital; Radiation: Home X-rays

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01098916

0078572

Details and patient eligibility

About

Aim of the study is to assess feasibility and safety of a public territorial radiology service for home hospitalized frail elderly patients whose health conditions discourage the transportation to hospital.

Enrollment: 69 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• immobilization or chairbound,
• need for chest, pelvis/hips, joints, upper and lower limbs, hands and feet X-rays,
• absence of definite delirium at enrollment according to the Confusion Assessment Method, and
• intermediate or high risk of delirium according to the criteria of Inouye.

Exclusion criteria

• need of urgent examination (within 24 hours),
• need of X-ray examinations not suitable at home.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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69 participants in 2 patient groups

X-rays at home

Experimental group

Description:

Home hospitalized elderly patients undergo X-rays at home

Treatment:

Radiation: Home X-rays

Hospital X-rays

Active Comparator group

Description:

Home hospitalized elderly patients undergo X-rays examinations in hospital

Treatment:

Radiation: X-rays in hospital