The discharge summary to support senior patients and their relatives after hospital discharge
Résumé de l'étude
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)
Intervention étudiée
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)
Maladie en cours d'investigation
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)
Critères d'exclusion
Be unable to follow the study procedure due to language issues or cognitive impairments (BASEC)
Lieu de l’étude
Autre
(BASEC)
Morges
(BASEC)
Sponsor
CHUV
(BASEC)
Contact pour plus d'informations sur l'étude
Personne de contact en Suisse
Joanie Pellet
+41 (0)21 314 08 48
joanie.pellet@clutterunil.chIUFRS
(BASEC)
Nom du comité d'éthique approbateur (pour les études multicentriques, uniquement le comité principal)
Commission cantonale d'éthique du Vaud
(BASEC)
Date d'approbation du comité d'éthique
09.07.2024
(BASEC)
Identifiant de l'essai ICTRP
NCT06123546 (ICTRP)
Titre officiel (approuvé par le comité d'éthique)
Effectiveness of a patient-oriented discharge summary for older inpatients discharged home. (BASEC)
Titre académique
Effectiveness of a Patient-oriented Discharge Summary for Older Inpatients Discharged Home. (ICTRP)
Titre public
Effectiveness of a Patient-oriented Discharge Summary (ICTRP)
Maladie en cours d'investigation
Multimorbidity (ICTRP)
Intervention étudiée
Other: Patient oriented discharge summary (ICTRP)
Type d'essai
Interventional (ICTRP)
Plan de l'étude
Allocation: Non-Randomized. Intervention model: Sequential Assignment. Primary purpose: Other. Masking: None (Open Label). (ICTRP)
Critères d'inclusion/exclusion
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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Critères d'évaluation principaux et secondaires
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)
Date d'enregistrement
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Inclusion du premier participant
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Sponsors secondaires
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Contacts supplémentaires
Diana Eccel;Diana Eccel, diana.eccel@ehc.vd.ch, 0041218042211; (ICTRP)
ID secondaires
PODS_2024 (ICTRP)
Résultats-Données individuelles des participants
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Informations complémentaires sur l'essai
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT06123546 (ICTRP)
Résultats de l'essai
Résumé des résultats
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Lien vers les résultats dans le registre primaire
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