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Transitional Palliative Care in End-stage Heart Failure

21 augusti 2017 uppdaterad av: Frances Kam Yuet WONG, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Effects of a Transitional Palliative Care Model on Patients With End-stage Heart Failure

Palliative care for end-stage organ failure patients has been included as one of the key programs to be implemented in 2011-2012 in the Hospital Authority, Hong Kong. Among all the disease groups, end-stage heart failure patients have the highest mortality rate. Patients at the end stage of heart failure have health concerns shared by other end-stage patients including cancer patients. Many guidelines, local and world-wide, have advocated a palliative approach of care for those heart failure patients who are at end stage. Studies have shown that end-stage heart failure patients tend to have frequent emergency room visits and repeated hospital admissions. Also, these patients suffer from a number of health problems that adversely affect their Quality Of Life.

There is scarcity of experimental studies informing practitioners which models work best for palliative patients in Hong Kong. There were randomized controlled trials conducted outside Hong Kong which suggest multidisciplinary approach of palliative care is possible to reduce readmissions but evidence is not present for other outcomes such as symptom control and carer burden.

In an attempt to fill knowledge gap and inform practice using evidence, this study is launched to compare the effects of a customary hospital-based palliative heart failure care and an interventional Home-based Palliative heart failure Program.

Hypothesis

  • there is no difference in health care utilization for end-stage heart failure patients between the customary hospital-based group and the Home based palliative heart failure program group
  • there is no difference in evaluated health outcomes (functional status, symptom intensity, and satisfaction with care) between the customary hospital-based group and the Home based palliative heart failure program group
  • there is no difference in perceived health outcomes (quality of life, caregiver burden) between the customary hospital-based group and the Home based palliative heart failure program group
  • there is no difference in cost effectiveness between the customary hospital-based group and the Home based palliative heart failure program group
  • there is no difference In patients' lived experiences between the customary hospital-based group and the Home based palliative heart failure program group

Studieöversikt

Detaljerad beskrivning

As described

Studietyp

Interventionell

Inskrivning (Faktisk)

84

Fas

  • Inte tillämpbar

Kontakter och platser

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Studieorter

      • Hong Kong, Hong Kong
        • Grantham Hospital
      • Hong Kong, Hong Kong
        • Haven of Hope Hospital
      • Hong Kong, Hong Kong
        • United Christian Hospital

Deltagandekriterier

Forskare letar efter personer som passar en viss beskrivning, så kallade behörighetskriterier. Några exempel på dessa kriterier är en persons allmänna hälsotillstånd eller tidigare behandlingar.

Urvalskriterier

Åldrar som är berättigade till studier

  • Barn
  • Vuxen
  • Äldre vuxen

Tar emot friska volontärer

Nej

Kön som är behöriga för studier

Allt

Beskrivning

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Ability to speak Cantonese
  • Living within the hospital service area
  • Ability to be contacted by phone
  • Identified as end-stage heart failure eligible for palliative care, guided by Prognostic Indicator Guidance, National Gold Standards Framework,to fulfill at least two of the indicators below:

    (i) Congestive heart failure New York Heart Association stage III or IV (ii) Patient thought to be in the last year of life by the care team (iii) Repeated hospital admissions with symptoms of heart failure (3 hospital admissions within one year) (iv) Existence of physical or psychological symptoms despite optimal tolerated therapy

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Discharged to nursing home or other institution
  • Inability to communicate
  • Diagnosed with severe psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder

Studieplan

Det här avsnittet ger detaljer om studieplanen, inklusive hur studien är utformad och vad studien mäter.

Hur är studien utformad?

Designdetaljer

  • Primärt syfte: Stödjande vård
  • Tilldelning: Randomiserad
  • Interventionsmodell: Parallellt uppdrag
  • Maskning: Enda

Vapen och interventioner

Deltagargrupp / Arm
Intervention / Behandling
Experimentell: Usual Care + Transitional Care Model
Transitional Care, Evidence-based symptom management, Protocol-driven home visit and telephone follow-up, Trained nurse case manager and volunteer partnership
Symptom assessment and management, care goal setting, post-discharge support
Usual care is the routine practice in the hospital
Aktiv komparator: Usual Care
Usual care
Usual care is the routine practice in the hospital

Vad mäter studien?

Primära resultatmått

Resultatmått
Åtgärdsbeskrivning
Tidsram
Healthcare utilization
Tidsram: up to 12 months
The time from hospital discharge to hospital readmission using hospital clinical management system to retrieve data
up to 12 months

Sekundära resultatmått

Resultatmått
Åtgärdsbeskrivning
Tidsram
Quality of Life
Tidsram: baseline, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 12 month
Change from baseline in quality of life on the palliative specific McGill Quality of Life Questionnaire Hong Kong version (MQOL-HK) at 1 month; change from baseline in MQOL-HK at 3 months; change from baseline in MQOL-HK at 6 months; change from baseline in MQOL-HK at 12 months
baseline, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 12 month
Quality of Life
Tidsram: Baseline, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months
Change from baseline in quality of life on the heart failure specific Chronic Heart Failure Questionnaire-Chinese version (CHQ) at 1 month; change from baseline in CHQ score at 3 months; change from baseline in CHQ score at 6 months; change from baseline in CHQ score at 12 months
Baseline, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months
Functional status
Tidsram: Baseline, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months
Change from baseline in functional status on the Palliative Performance Scale (PPS) at 1 month; change from baseline in PPS at 3 months; change from baseline in PPS at 6 months; change from baseline in PPS at 12 months
Baseline, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months
Symptom intensity
Tidsram: Baseline, 1 month, 3 month, 6 month, 12 month
Change from baseline in symptom intensity on the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS) at 1 month; change from baseline in ESAS score at 3 month; change from baseline in ESAS score at 6 month; change from baseline in ESAS score at 12 month.
Baseline, 1 month, 3 month, 6 month, 12 month
Satisfaction with care
Tidsram: 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months
Change from 1 month in satisfaction with care on the 15-item questionnaire developed by the principal investigator which validity confirmed by an expert panel and reported test-retest reliability of .87 (Sat-care) at 3 month; change from 1 month in Sat-care score at 6 months; change from 1 month in Sat-care score at 12 months
1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months
Caregiver burden
Tidsram: Baseline, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months
Change from baseline in caregiver burden on the Zarit Caregiver Burden Scale (ZCBS) at 1 month; change from baseline in ZCBS score at 3 months; change from baseline in ZCBS score at 6 months; change from baseline in ZCBS score at 12 months
Baseline, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months

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Utredare

  • Huvudutredare: Frances KY Wong, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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Studieavstämningsdatum

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Studera stora datum

Studiestart

1 januari 2013

Primärt slutförande (Faktisk)

1 februari 2016

Avslutad studie (Faktisk)

1 december 2016

Studieregistreringsdatum

Först inskickad

7 mars 2014

Först inskickad som uppfyllde QC-kriterierna

12 mars 2014

Första postat (Uppskatta)

13 mars 2014

Uppdateringar av studier

Senaste uppdatering publicerad (Faktisk)

22 augusti 2017

Senaste inskickade uppdateringen som uppfyllde QC-kriterierna

21 augusti 2017

Senast verifierad

1 augusti 2017

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Andra studie-ID-nummer

  • PolyU5492

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