An interventional study of Home X-rays and X-rays in hospital in Acute Congestive Heart Failure, Exacerbation of COPD and Pneumonia, sponsored by Azienda Ospedaliera San Giovanni Battista. Completed at 1 site in Italy. Open to participants aged 65 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2010-04-05.
Sponsored by Azienda Ospedaliera San Giovanni Battista · Not applicable, Interventional, and Health services research
Aim of the study is to assess feasibility and safety of a public territorial radiology service for home hospitalized frail elderly patients whose health conditions discourage the transportation to hospital.
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Home hospitalized elderly patients undergo X-rays at home
Radiation: Home X-rays
Home hospitalized elderly patients undergo X-rays examinations in hospital
Radiation: X-rays in hospital
X-rays examinations performed at home
Comparison of episodes of delirium related to the radiological procedure at home and in hospital, using the Confusion Assessment Method (CAM)
Frail patients, especially old ones,often develop delirium or confusion when moved from their usual environment. In home-hospitalized patients with the same risk of developing delirium, according to the Inouye's criteria, we evaluated the onset of a confusional status after X-rays performed at home or in hospital
Time frame: 24 hours after the radiological procedure
Evaluation of direct and indirect costs of the radiological procedures performed at home or in hospital
Evaluation of costs includes: costs for transportation, ambulance, equipment (eg, processing costs), materials (eg, CD), technical staff (eg, radiographers, radiologists); for the control group: costs for working time employed by family members and health staff to bring patients to hospital for X.ray examination
Time frame: 1 year
Satisfaction of patients and/or families
Customer satisfaction is evaluated using an ad hoc questionnaire
Time frame: within 1 month after the procedure
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