Provision of a Mobile Geriatric Team Extra-Community Hospital (UMG)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01449968 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : October 10, 2011
Last Update Posted : April 28, 2014
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The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the effectiveness of the mobile unit to reduce the geriatric hospital inappropriate (especially for emergencies) to 1 month.
The primary endpoint: survival without hospitalization through the emergency inappropriate to 1 month.
Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment |
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Geriatric Disorder Mobil Unit | Other: home visit Other: telephone management |
Study Type : | Observational |
Actual Enrollment : | 334 participants |
Observational Model: | Cohort |
Time Perspective: | Prospective |
Official Title: | Provision of a Mobile Geriatric Team Extra-Community Hospital in Assessing and Regulating the Hospitalization of Frail Elderly Patients With Complex Medical and Social Situation |
Study Start Date : | June 2011 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | May 2013 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | November 2013 |
Group/Cohort | Intervention/treatment |
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home visit of UMG
home visit with evaluation and management of the situation (control over in-home telephone)
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Other: home visit
home visit of UMG |
telephone management
geriatric mobile unit provides a telephone advice only to the general practitioner with guidance and recommendations (call control)
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Other: telephone management
telephone management of the situation reported by the patient's GP
Other Name: telephone management of the mobile unit of Geriatrics |
- effectiveness of the visit of the mobile unit to reduce the geriatric hospital inappropriate (especially for emergencies) to 1 month [ Time Frame: 1 month ]inappropriate survival without hospitalization through the emergency room at 1 month
- follow-up rate of the proposals of UMG ext (adherence to recommendations and feasibility) and analyze the reasons for not monitoring these proposals one month [ Time Frame: 1 month ]follow-up of recommendations made by the mobile unit of Geriatrics
- survival without hospitalization inappropriate, mortality, changes in functional status and cognitive health care consumption up to 6 months of surgery [ Time Frame: 6 months ]Unplanned hospitalization rates obtained by telephone follow-up at 3 and 6 months
- effectiveness of the visit of the mobile geriatric home versus telephone follow-up of mobile geriatric unit [ Time Frame: 6 months ]Analysis of sub-groups
- needs and difficulties of attending physicians in the care of frail elderly patients with complex medical and social situation before and after the establishment of mobile units for geriatrics. [ Time Frame: 1 year ]Questionnaire to GPs in the health sector concerned
- cost effectiveness of two types of visit of the mobile unit of Geriatrics (telephone regulation and control over travel home phone) [ Time Frame: 6 months ]Cost of hospitalization.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 75 Years and older (Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Sampling Method: | Non-Probability Sample |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patient aged 75 and over living in complex medical or psycho-social complex or at risk of hospitalization
- Patient affiliated to social security or beneficiary of such a regime
- Patient available for follow-up to 6 months with a caregiver or accompanying social duly appointed.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patient residing outside intervention sector
- Life-threatening emergency (ambulance)
- Lack of complexity of the situation, supported by routine care

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01449968
France | |
CH Annecy | |
Annecy, France, 74000 | |
University Hospital of Grenoble | |
Grenoble, France, 38000 | |
CH Roanne | |
Roanne, France, 42300 |
Principal Investigator: | Pascal COUTURIER, PUPH | Geriatric unit - University Hospital of Grenoble |
Responsible Party: | AdministrateurCIC, Pr Pascal COUTURIER, University Hospital, Grenoble, University Hospital, Grenoble |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01449968 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
DCIC 10 16 |
First Posted: | October 10, 2011 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | April 28, 2014 |
Last Verified: | April 2014 |