N/A N=966 Randomized Single-blind Health Services Research

Supplement to Hospital to Home Outcomes

Hospitalized Patients

Bottom Line

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Enrolled (actual)

966

Serious AEs

0.0%

Results posted

Mar 2019

Primary outcome: Primary: Number of Participants With Any Occurrence of Unplanned Re-hospitalization and/or Any Emergency/Urgent Care Visits Within 30 Days of Hospital Discharge — 77; 63 Participants — p=0.21

Study Design & Population

Study type: Interventional
Phase: N/A
Interventions: Nurse Phone Call (Other); Standard of Care (Other)
Age: Pediatric, Adult
Sex: All
Sponsor: Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Primary completion: Jun 2017

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	77; 63	0.21
SECONDARY Post-Discharge Coping Scale	14.3; 15.2	0.31
SECONDARY Number of Days Until Normalcy	3.9; 4.2	0.24
SECONDARY Red Flags Remembered	1.8; 1.5	<0.01 sig
SECONDARY Number of Participants With Occurrence(s) of an Unplanned Readmission Within 30 Days Post-discharge	32; 27	0.50
SECONDARY Number of Participants With Occurrence(s) of an Emergency Department Visit Within 30 Days Post-discharge	35; 35	0.998
SECONDARY Number of Participants With Occurrence(s) of 14-day Unplanned Healthcare Utilization	71; 72	0.92

Summary

Post-discharge nurse phone call

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, or adolescent medicine.

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 (NCT03224130). 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.