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Feasibility of Risk Sign Displays to Prevent Falls, Dehydration and Pulmonary Aspiration in Nursing Homes

NCT03123601 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2019-03-21

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

BACKGROUND: Prior research has shown a relationship between dehydration, falls and pulmonary aspiration among older adults in nursing and health care facilities, which contributes to its loss of independence and quality-of-life. Is believed that improving communication among health professional decreases the number of adverse events in institutionalized patients. This study will evaluate the feasibility of a set of sign displays designed to communicate fall, dehydration and pulmonary aspiration risks and will reflect on tailored interventions to manage these events in nursing homes.

METHODS AND ANALYSIS: This will be a national, single-center, feasibility study. All patients, with chronic neurologic diseases selected from a nursing home, will be invited to participate. At baseline patients will undertake a screening risk assessment and it will be attributed a correspondent risk display. Study duration will be a minimum of 3 months per participant, including daily record of events and monthly interview assessments. Events data will be compared with historical data extracted retrospectively from medical and nursing charts.

Conditions

  • Nursing Home Residents

Interventions

DEVICE

Risk sign displays

Set of sign displays designed to communicate fall, dehydration and pulmonary aspiration risks and reflect on tailored interventions to manage these events in nursing homes. Risk sign displays are: * Small, lightweight rubber coloured bracelets with phrases related with the different risks: "prevent rather than fall", "contain to protect", "drink to hydrate" and "avoid choking". * Small and coloured signposts next to head of patients bed that are believed to offer some key advantages and increase technically the quality of immediate communication of information and data regarding procedures. It is expected to have greater subject compliance once they will have discrete messages with thoughtful design and colour.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Lisbon

    collaborator OTHER

  • Campus Neurológico Sénior

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Joaquim J Ferreira, MD, PhD · Campus Neurológico Sénior

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
DEVICE_FEASIBILITY
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-11-01
Primary Completion
2017-04-30
Completion
2017-05-30

Countries

  • Portugal

Study Locations

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