Status:
COMPLETED
Transition From Hospital to Home Post Cardiac Condition
Lead Sponsor:
US Department of Veterans Affairs
Conditions:
Cardiac Condition
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-90 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The study had three parts: Part 1: Patients (or their home caretakers) who live outside of Denver and receive their primary care at a location other than the Denver VAMC were interviewed after their ...
Detailed Description
Aim 1 was to describe barriers and facilitators of the transition process from hospital to home through qualitative interviews among patients discharged from Denver VA Medical Center (tertiary facilit...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Aims 1 and 3:
- Patients transferred from primary care VA facilities (i.e., Cheyenne, Grand Junction, Sheridan, Ft. Harrison) for cardiac care (e.g., heart failure, acute myocardial infarction) or procedures (coronary angiography, pacemaker implantation) to the Denver VAMC and discharged home to follow-up with their primary care provider, were eligible.
- Aim 2:
- Providers from VA primary care facilities, (i.e., Cheyenne, Grand Junction, Sheridan, and Ft. Harrison) who took care of patients discharged from the Denver VAMC for cardiology care, were eligible for the qualitative interviews.
Exclusion
- Aims 1 and 3:
- Exclusion criteria included:
- Planned discharge to nursing home or skilled nursing facility;
- Irreversible, non-cardiac medical condition (e.g. metastatic cancer) likely to affect 6-month survival or ability to execute study protocol;
- Lack of telephone/ cell phone; and
- VA is not their primary source of care or their PCP is not in the VA system.
- Aim 2: There were exclusion criteria.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 1 2011
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 1 2012
Estimated Enrollment :
19 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01431846
Start Date
August 1 2011
End Date
December 1 2012
Last Update
April 28 2015
Active Locations (1)
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VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Denver, CO
Denver, Colorado, United States, 80220