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Independence in Self Care - A Program Focused on Nursing Care

NCT03106064 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 158

Last updated 2019-02-01

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Summary

This study is a randomized clinical trial conducted in a medical ward of an acute 580-bedded teaching hospital. One hundred fifty-eight older acute medical patients will be blindly randomly allocated to the control group or intervention group. The intervention will consist of a twice daily walking training, plus privileging trips to the toilet by walking and all daytime meals seated. Differences between groups will be measured at baseline (admission) and discharge. As primary outcomes, we defined the length of stay and the independence level. The independence level will be assessed at baseline (admission) and discharge by two distinct methods: through the Barthel Index and the Patient Classification Systems(PCS).

Conditions

  • Activities of Daily Living
  • Hospitalization
  • Nursing Care
  • Functional Impairment

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Promoting independence in self-care

The intervention will consist of an twice daily walking training, plus privileging trips to the toilet by walking (with support devices or with support from people) and all daytime meals seated (not in bed). Attending of the particular and unexplored characteristics of the proposed intervention, namely the use of the toilet and meals, the proposed intervention extends throughout the 24 hours of the day, seven days a week.

OTHER

Usual Care

Usual hospital care

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Centro Hospitalar do Porto

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
SEQUENTIAL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-05-01
Primary Completion
2018-05-31
Completion
2019-05-31

Countries

  • Portugal

Study Locations

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