NCT01213225

Brief Summary

Nursing home patients admitted to the hospital poses significant challenge for health care providers. Geriatric teaching pays particular attention to these admissions and related problems. However, it yet to be proven, that geriatric training helps to overcome any of them in better way then non-geriatric education. The study aims to prove that geriatric care provides advantages over non-geriatric training in caring for nursing home patients admitted to the hospital.

Trial Health

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Enrollment
20

participants targeted

Target at below P25 for all trials

Status
completed

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

September 29, 2010

Completed
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First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

October 1, 2010

Completed
2 months until next milestone

Study Start

First participant enrolled

December 1, 2010

Completed
Last Updated

August 18, 2011

Status Verified

August 1, 2011

First QC Date

September 29, 2010

Last Update Submit

August 17, 2011

Conditions

Keywords

ElderlyHospitalizationGeriatricsMortalityReadmissionLength of Stay

Eligibility Criteria

Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsChild (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
Sampling MethodNon-Probability Sample
Study Population

65 years of age and older

You may qualify if:

  • all patients admitted to Maimonides Medical Center (MMC) from affiliated Metropolitan Jewish Geriatric Nursing Home (MJGNH)for '12 month period.

You may not qualify if:

  • none

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Officials

  • Sergey I Genkin

    Maimonides Medical Center

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

Study Type
observational
Time Perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Sponsor Type
OTHER

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

September 29, 2010

First Posted

October 1, 2010

Study Start

December 1, 2010

Last Updated

August 18, 2011

Record last verified: 2011-08