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Developing a Home Telehealth Program to Manage Pressure Ulcers in SCI/D

NCT00624806 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 18

Last updated 2015-04-28

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Summary

The Veteran's Health Administration (VHA) is a national leader in using distance technology to monitor patients' self-care via an in-home messaging device with disease management protocols (DMPs). No such DMPs exist for the community dwelling spinal cord injury/disorders (SCI/D) population. Our objective is to develop the tools necessary for implementing a new home telehealth program to manage community-dwelling veterans with SCI/D at high risk of developing pressure ulcers (PrUs).

Conditions

  • Spinal Cord Injury

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Daily telephone calls

Patients randomized to this group receive daily phone calls to remind them what they should do to prevent ulcers.

BEHAVIORAL

Weekly telephone calls

Patients randomized to this group receive weekly phone calls to remind them what they should do to prevent ulcers.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Marylou Guihan, PhD MA BA · Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital, Hines, IL

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-02-29
Primary Completion
2009-11-30
Completion
2009-11-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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