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Bridge Copenhagen - Respite Care for Homeless People

NCT02649595 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 96

Last updated 2018-05-30

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The aim of this study is to determine the effect of a two week respite program (Red Cross) for homeless people just discharged from hospitals in the capital region of Denmark.

The study is a randomized controlled trial and an economic evaluation. The intervention is a 2 week stay at a Red Cross respite care center. The intervention is intended for homeless people or functional homeless, who has been admitted to hospital and received standard medical care and treatment at the hospital. Under normal circumstances the homeless patients would be discharged to live on the street and receive care from programs in the municipalities. The respite center offers standard nursing care, rest with a place to sleep, food and help dealing with social problems such as economy and housing. The respite care center is led by a nurse who is represented during daytime from Monday to Friday and besides that, volunteers are used as staff.

The control group is receiving usual care and is discharged to the street and the usual communal programs.

The study examines whether a 2 week stay is cost effective and whether it can improve the health related quality of live (HRQoL). The hypothesis is that a respite care stay will result in a 25 % reduction in health care costs and increase the HRQoL.

Conditions

  • Homelessness
  • Respite Care

Interventions

OTHER

Red Cross Respite care

See detailed description.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Red Cross Copenhagen

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Region Capital Denmark

    collaborator OTHER

  • Copenhagen Municipality, Denmark

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Hvidovre University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ove Andersen, PhD, MD · Clinical Research Centre, University Hospital of Copenhagen, Hvidovre

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-04-30
Primary Completion
2016-06-30
Completion
2016-06-30

Countries

  • Denmark

Study Locations

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