The discharge summary to support senior patients and their relatives after hospital discharge
Zusammenfassung der Studie
Many pieces of information are given to patients by different professionals during a hospital stay. This information concerns, for example, the diagnosis, medications, symptoms to monitor, or lifestyle changes to make. It is difficult for patients to memorize this information during this stressful time. For this reason, some patients and professionals have co-created a document called Discharge Summary that clearly synthesizes the instructions that patients can refer to after their discharge. The results of the initial studies show that such a tool can improve the understanding of the information discussed with professionals, increase patient satisfaction, and their perception of being ready to go home. We wish to evaluate whether this discharge summary can improve the transition from hospital to home for patients in Switzerland, in terms of understanding the information, and addressing their needs once they return home. In our study, participants are divided into two groups. - Participants recruited during the first phase will not receive a discharge summary (control group). - Participants recruited during the second phase will receive the discharge summary (intervention group) This will allow us to compare the two groups of participants and assess whether those who receive the discharge summary have better outcomes.
(BASEC)
Untersuchte Intervention
The teaching provided by professionals is part of standard care. What we want to test is the use of a discharge summary as support for teaching. This implies that professionals will encourage and assist participants in completing this discharge summary themselves throughout the hospital stay, with the information that is important to them. The discharge summary is a simple, one-page tool to be filled out with key information, such as the reason for hospitalization, warning signs to monitor, contact persons, treatment plan, and upcoming medical appointments. At the end of the hospitalization, participants return home with the completed discharge summary and can use it as a memory aid.
(BASEC)
Untersuchte Krankheit(en)
Transition from hospital to home for senior patients
(BASEC)
Be 50 years or older Return home after hospitalization Be hospitalized for more than 48 hours (BASEC)
Ausschlusskriterien
Be unable to follow the study procedure due to language issues or cognitive impairments (BASEC)
Studienstandort
Andere
(BASEC)
Morges
(BASEC)
Sponsor
CHUV
(BASEC)
Kontakt für weitere Auskünfte zur Studie
Name der bewilligenden Ethikkommission (bei multizentrischen Studien nur die Leitkommission)
Ethikkommission Waadt
(BASEC)
Datum der Bewilligung durch die Ethikkommission
09.07.2024
(BASEC)
ICTRP Studien-ID
NCT06123546 (ICTRP)
Offizieller Titel (Genehmigt von der Ethikkommission)
Effectiveness of a patient-oriented discharge summary for older inpatients discharged home. (BASEC)
Wissenschaftlicher Titel
Effectiveness of a Patient-oriented Discharge Summary for Older Inpatients Discharged Home. (ICTRP)
Öffentlicher Titel
Effectiveness of a Patient-oriented Discharge Summary (ICTRP)
Untersuchte Krankheit(en)
Multimorbidity (ICTRP)
Untersuchte Intervention
Other: Patient oriented discharge summary (ICTRP)
Studientyp
Interventional (ICTRP)
Studiendesign
Allocation: Non-Randomized. Intervention model: Sequential Assignment. Primary purpose: Other. Masking: None (Open Label). (ICTRP)
Ein-/Ausschlusskriterien
Gender: All
Maximum age: N/A
Minimum age: 50 Years
Inclusion criteria:
- Being discharged home
- Able to speak, read and write in French
- Being hospitalized for more than 48H in participating medical units
- Being able to give informed consent as documented by signature
Exclusion criteria:
? Inability to follow the procedures of the study according to the health care team, due
to language problems or cognitive impairment. (ICTRP)
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Primäre und sekundäre Endpunkte
Quality of care transition measured with the Care Transition Measure Tool (CTM-15) (ICTRP)
Family Caregiver Activation in Transitions (FCAT);Problems and unmet needs experienced during the week after discharge (ICTRP)
Registrierungsdatum
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Einschluss des ersten Teilnehmers
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Sekundäre Sponsoren
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Weitere Kontakte
Diana Eccel;Diana Eccel, diana.eccel@ehc.vd.ch, 0041218042211; (ICTRP)
Sekundäre IDs
PODS_2024 (ICTRP)
Angaben zur Verfügbarkeit von individuellen Teilnehmerdaten
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Weitere Informationen zur Studie
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT06123546 (ICTRP)
Ergebnisse der Studie
Zusammenfassung der Ergebnisse
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Link zu den Ergebnissen im Primärregister
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