Status:

COMPLETED

The Effect of the Patient Activation Measure on Chronic Care

Lead Sponsor:

Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Collaborating Sponsors:

Visiting Nurse Service of New York

Conditions:

Hypertension

Eligibility:

All Genders

21+ years

Phase:

PHASE1

Brief Summary

We will test - in a chronically ill managed long term care population - the effectiveness of an intervention that provides nurse Care Managers with an inventory of evidence-based practices tailored to...

Detailed Description

The three main aims of the project are to: 1. Determine whether the PAM-driven intervention increases patients' knowledge and self-management skills, measured by both generic PAM scores and HTN-speci...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • active VNS CHOICE patient on one of the 22 Intervention or Control teams at the start of the intervention period,
  • in care for less than or equal to 730 days,
  • a formal diagnosis of HTN (using appropriate ICD codes recorded in the patient record), and
  • English speaking.

Exclusion

  • moderate or severe cognitive impairment as measured by a six-item short portable mental status assessment
  • organic brain disease dx in as one of the top 5 dx as measured by information in OASIS, the uniform home care assessment instrument mandated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
  • End Stage Renal disease dx as one of the top 5 dx as measured by information in OASIS

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 1 2006

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

March 1 2007

Estimated Enrollment :

283 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00299468

Start Date

April 1 2006

End Date

March 1 2007

Last Update

March 17 2008

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Visiting Nurse Service of New York Center for Home Care Policy & Research

New York, New York, United States, 10001