N/A Completed N=1,500 Randomized Single-blind Health Services Research

Hospital to Home Outcomes

Focus: Hospitalized Patients

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02081846 ↗

Enrolled (actual)

1,500

Serious AEs

0.0%

Results posted

Mar 2019

Primary outcomePrimary: Number of Participants With Any Occurrence of Unplanned Re-hospitalization and/or Any Emergency/Urgent Care Visits Within 30 Days of Hospital Discharge — 133; 105 Participants — p=0.047

Summary

Home Nurse Visit post discharge.

Outcome Measures

Outcome	Result	p-value
PRIMARY Number of Participants With Any Occurrence of Unplanned Re-hospitalization and/or Any Emergency/Urgent Care Visits Within 30 Days of Hospital Discharge	133; 105	0.047 sig
SECONDARY Post Discharge Coping Difficulty Scale	20.4; 21.2	0.32
SECONDARY Days Until Normalcy	4.16; 4.11	0.82
SECONDARY Red Flags Remembered	1.91; 1.61	<0.01 sig
SECONDARY Number of Participants With Occurrence(s) of an Unplanned Readmission Within 30 Days Post-discharge	58; 41	0.08
SECONDARY Number of Participants With Occurrence(s) of an Emergency Department Visit Within 30 Days Post-discharge	75; 54	0.052
SECONDARY Number of Participants With Occurrence(s) of 14-day Unplanned Healthcare Utilization	132; 110	0.12

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

Patient is under 18 years of age Patient is admitted to Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center to hospital medicine, community pediatrics, adolescent medicine, neurology or neurosurgery.

Exclusion Criteria

Patient to be discharged someplace other than home (e.g., residential facility, psychiatric facility)
Patient's home residence is outside the home nursing service area
Patient is eligible for "traditional" home nursing services
Caregiver is non-English speaking

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Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT02081846). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication. Informational only — not medical advice.