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Family Focused Nursing for Elderly Medical Patients
Family-Focused Nursing for Elderly Medical Patients and Their Family: A Randomized Controlled Trial
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interventional
N/A
1 country
1
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether Family Focused Nursing are effective in the treatment of elderly medical patients with respect to prevalence of depression
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Started Apr 2015
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
March 31, 2015
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
April 1, 2015
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
April 3, 2015
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
January 1, 2017
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
January 1, 2017
CompletedOctober 27, 2017
October 1, 2017
1.8 years
March 31, 2015
October 25, 2017
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Change in depressive symptoms assessed by 9 points measured on the Geriatric Depression Scale
The effect of intervention on primary outcome are investigated as longitudinal data at seven days and six month. The data are analysed using mixed models
Baseline, 7 days and 6 months after the intervention
Secondary Outcomes (3)
Change in family function score on Brief Family Assessment Measure III
7 days and 6 months
Change in health related quality of life on Medical Outcomes Study Short Form, SF-8
7 days and 6 months
Change in time spent between hospitalization
7 days and 6 months
Study Arms (2)
Treatment as usual
NO INTERVENTIONPharmacological treatment, patient information and counselling according to international and national guidelines by health professionals specialized in elderly medical patients.
Family Focused Nursing
EXPERIMENTALFamily Focused Nursing and treatment as usual
Interventions
All patients receive treatment as usual. Additionally, patients in the intervention arm receives family focused nursing consultations which are structured as sessions focusing on change, improvement and/or maintenance of family function within cognitive, affective and behavioral knowledge. Each session is organized and individualized according to the wishes and needs for education and counseling of the families within a period of one months.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- acute hospitalized
- an expected hospitalization of minimum two days
- speak and understand Danish
- signed informed consent
You may not qualify if:
- dementia (evaluated by the Mini Mental State Examination \[MMSE\] \< 24)
- terminally ill patients whose survival rate is assessed to be less than a month
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
University Hospital Gentofte
Copenhagen, Hellerup, 2900, Denmark
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Interventions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Penille W Perboell, MHSc
University of Southern Denmark
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- DOUBLE
- Who Masked
- INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
- Purpose
- SUPPORTIVE CARE
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Associate professor
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
March 31, 2015
First Posted
April 3, 2015
Study Start
April 1, 2015
Primary Completion
January 1, 2017
Study Completion
January 1, 2017
Last Updated
October 27, 2017
Record last verified: 2017-10