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Nurse-Led Discharge Program and Primary Care Outcomes: A Proof-of-concept Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

NCT07458841 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 120

Last updated 2026-03-09

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The goal of this cluster randomized controlled trial is to evaluate whether a nurse-led primary health care (PHC) discharge intervention can improve patient activation and primary health care-related outcomes among hospitalized adult patients after discharge.

Conditions

  • Primary Healthcare

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Primary healthcare discharge education

The primary healthcare discharge education begins by identifying priorities to address related to patients' life situations (using the Instrument for Patient Capacity Assessment) and determining the patient's current level of activation (using the Patient Activation Measure). A discharge education guide developed by the research team helps to individualize the teaching according to the patient's priorities and activation level.

BEHAVIORAL

specially-designed health education leaflet

1. Introduction of the District Health Centres/Expresses; 2. Life Course Preventive Care Plan pamphlet; 3. Provide disease-specific discharge/rehabilitation advice and relevant health education materials with an emphasis on prevention and self-care management; 4. The hospital nurses will help discharge patients download and install the "HA Go" mobile app.

BEHAVIORAL

Patient discharge package

Subjects in the intervention group will receive the following items with instructions for use upon hospital discharge: 1. Blood pressure monitor 2. Blood glucose test strip 3. Soft ruler to measure weight circumference 4. Resistance bands for simple exercise

BEHAVIORAL

usual hospital discharge practice

The control group will receive the usual hospital discharge practice upon discharge.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong

    collaborator OTHER

  • The University of Hong Kong

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Siu Long Chau, PhD · HKU

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-03-01
Primary Completion
2027-02-01
Completion
2027-06-01

Countries

  • Hong Kong

Study Locations

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Read the full study record

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