Factors Influencing Home Nursing Care Service

NCT07099508 | Not Yet Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: HoNuCaS-01
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 200
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

This pilot study investigates the feasibility of a prospective longitudinal observational approach to identify variables influencing home nursing care time. Conducted within the ULSS 6 Euganea health district in Italy, the study will analyze nursing care and travel time across approximately 350 home visits involving up to 200 voluntarily enrolled adult patients. Data will be collected anonymously by nurses using a digital tool (REDCap), capturing a predefined core set of variables previously selected via the Delphi method. The study aims to understand the association between individual, contextual, and organizational variables and the time required for home nursing interventions. Results will inform better planning and resource allocation for home care services.

Conditions

Home Care Services

Keywords

Home Nursing Care; Nursing time measurement; Travel time; Health planning

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Factors thath influence home care nurses

  Measure the factors that influence the work of home care nurses in individual subjects and different territorial contexts in relation to care time. * patient's socioeconomic status (age, level of education, understanding of italian language, rural or urban context,..) * patient's clinical status (hospitalizations, type of assistance needed, type of support, diagnosis, mobility status..) * caregiver (type, hours of formal and informal caregiving, coping, knowledge of the patient's medical history,..) * visit specific variables (presence of animals, number of services provided, time required for the service in minutes,..) * IDC-PAL items

  From the enrollment to the end of the study at two months

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Time and space spent by the nurse traveling to the patient's home

  From the enrollment to the end at two months

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Patients receiving home care nursing services: * Condition of frailty or dependence: often associated with chronic or degenerative diseases. * Presence or absence of family support network: the lack of caregivers can increase the required frequency of visits. * Multimorbidity: patients often suffer from multiple chronic conditions (e.g., diabetes, heart failure, COPD, dementia). * Disabilities or functional limitations: motor, sensory, or cognitive impairments that necessitate home-based care. * Ongoing or complex healthcare needs: including advanced wound care, stoma management, enteral/parenteral nutrition, intravenous therapy. * End-of-life or palliative care: some patients receive home palliative care (e.g., type III Integrated Home Care).

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Padova: lead
• Azienda Ulss 6 Euganea: collaborator

Central Study Contacts

Matteo Martinato, MSc, PhD

CONTACT

+39 3358769308; matteo.martinato@ubep.unipd.it

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: OTHER
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 18, 2025
• First Posted: August 1, 2025
• Study Start: September 1, 2025
• Primary Completion: September 1, 2025
• Study Completion: November 1, 2025
• Last Updated: August 1, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-07