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A Geriatric Home Visit Program to Reduce Post-Hip Fracture Complications

NCT02058329 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 18

Last updated 2014-02-10

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Summary

The overall goal of the project is to reduce the incidence of post hip fracture morbidity and mortality by conducting geriatric fellow periodic home visits.The assessment will be multidisciplinary and will include assessments of functional status, depression, environmental risks and medical conditions. This group will be compared against a group followed by the usual standard of care post hip fracture.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Home Visit

A geriatric fellow will conduct a comprehensive in hospital post discharge assessment of hip fracture patients discharged to home in the intervention group.Follow up home visits will occur at 1,3 and 6 months post discharge.Any problems will be referred to the patient's primary care physician.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Staten Island University Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Northwell Health

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Mark Jarrett, M.D. · Staten Island University Hospital

  • Marianne Smith, M.D. · Staten Island University Hospital

  • Garbis Dabagian, M.D. · Staten Island University Hospital

  • Donna Seminara, M.D. · Staten Island University Hospital

  • Jeffery Weinberg, M.D. · Staten Island University Hospital

  • Mario Castellanos, M.D. · Staten Island University Hospital

  • Anita Szerszen, M.D. · Staten Island University Hospitial

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-11-30
Primary Completion
2011-02-28
Completion
2011-02-28

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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