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Effectiveness of a Patient-oriented Discharge Summary

NCT06123546 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 111

Last updated 2025-10-03

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Summary

The discharge preparation is a difficult time to provide teaching, as older patients and their caregivers are often overwhelmed by a substantial amount of information and stressed about leaving hospital. As a result, 40-80% of patients forget or remember incorrectly the information discussed during hospitalisation, resulting in unmet needs, poor adherence to postdischarge care and increased use of health care services in the postdischarge period. The Patient-Oriented Discharge Summary (PODS) is a simple, one-page tool to be completed with key information, such as the reason for hospitalisation, warning signs to look out for, contact information, treatment plan and upcoming medical appointments. The PODS study will assess the effectiveness of the PODS on the quality of the transition between hospital and patients' home and problems and unmet needs after discharge.

Conditions

  • Multimorbidity

Interventions

OTHER

Patient oriented discharge summary

The intervention consists of three components: the patient-oriented discharge summary (PODS), the teach-back technique and the involvement of caregivers. The PODS will be completed with participants over the course of the hospitalisation as teaching content related to the six sections of information is delivered. Participants will take the PODS home at discharge to use it as a reference for relevant and individualized discharge information in the post-discharge period. Healthcare providers will receive a training refresher on the teach-back technique and will be reminded to use it when they deliver discharge teaching during participants' hospital stay. Involvement of caregivers will include early identification by the healthcare provider responsible for patient admission of a caregiver who will provide care at home, at least one teaching session during hospitalization and the review of the PODS the day of discharge.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Lausanne

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
SEQUENTIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-06-07
Primary Completion
2025-03-31
Completion
2025-04-01

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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