Status:
COMPLETED
Use of a Brief Phone Call After ED Discharge
Lead Sponsor:
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Collaborating Sponsors:
The William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust
Conditions:
Discharge Planning
Emergency Medicine
Eligibility:
All Genders
65+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether a phone call from a nurse within 1-3 days after discharge from the Emergency Department (ED) decreases return visits to the ED/ hospital admissions/ d...
Detailed Description
Procedures: All patients age 65 and above will be randomized to one of two groups within 1-3 days after discharge from the UNC ED: 1) Interventional follow-up phone call; or 2) Placebo phone call, imp...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- All patients age 65 and above discharged from the ED
- English speaking
Exclusion
- Younger than 65 years of age
- Unable to pass 6-item memory screener
- Lives in skilled nursing facility
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 1 2013
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
May 1 2016
Estimated Enrollment :
2003 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01893931
Start Date
August 1 2013
End Date
May 1 2016
Last Update
July 11 2016
Active Locations (1)
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University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, 27599