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Improving Care for Nursing Home Pneumonia in NHCUs and Veterans' Homes

NCT00120068 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2015-04-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Nursing Home Acquired Pneumonia (NHAP) causes excessive morbidity, mortality, hospitalization, and loss of function. At any given time, 1.1-2.5% of veterans who reside at nursing home care units (NHCUs) and State Veterans Homes (SVHs) are ill with pneumonia. Multi-faceted implementation of evidence-based guidelines has been shown to be feasible in the private sector. Retrospective studies demonstrate an association between guideline adherence and improved survival.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Nursing inservices

PROCEDURE

Academic detailing to MDs; concurrent review and feedback

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Evelyn A. Hutt, MD · VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Denver, CO

Study Design

Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-11-30
Primary Completion
2005-03-31
Completion
2005-07-31

Countries

  • United States

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