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Nurse Tele-Consultations With Discharged COPD Patients Reduce the Numbers of Readmissions

NCT00918905 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2009-06-11

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Patients with COPD are often admitted to the hospital with an exacerbation. It is the most common cause for admissions to medical wards. The patients are often readmitted. This is har great impact on health economy and is a significant factor to medical beds.

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of telemedicine consultations between respiratory nurses at the hospital and COPD patients in their homes after a discharge from the hospital, which was caused by an exacerbation.

Conditions

  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive

Interventions

DEVICE

Telemonitor

Within 24 hours after the patient was discharged due to exacerbation in COPD the telemedicine equipment was installed at the patient's home. The patients were included for four weeks followed by a visit to the outpatient clinic with. The patient had the equipment for approximately one week and had at least one follow-up phone call. Televideo consultations could be made from 8 AM to 3 PM every day. The patient could call the telemedicine department in the same period. During the televideo consultations the nurse made clinical observations (i.e. dyspnoea, anxiety), measured saturation and lung function and informed the patients how to prevent exacerbations. The telemedicine consultation was agreed on with the patient and the telemedicine nurse from day to day.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Svendborg Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Hanne Madsen, Ph.D. · Medical Department, OUH Svendborg Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
40 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-06-30
Primary Completion
2009-02-28
Completion
2009-02-28

Countries

  • Denmark

Study Locations

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