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Nurse-Led Discharge Program and Primary Care Outcomes: A Proof-of-concept Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
Sponsor: The University of Hong Kong
Summary
The goal of this cluster randomized controlled trial is to evaluate whether a nurse-led primary health care (PHC) discharge intervention can improve patient activation and primary health care-related outcomes among hospitalized adult patients after discharge.
Official title: Effectiveness of the Nurse-led Discharge Interventions in Promoting Hospital Patients' Primary Health Care Outcomes on Discharge: A Proof-of-concept Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
Any - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
120
Start Date
2026-03-01
Completion Date
2027-06-01
Last Updated
2026-03-09
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Primary healthcare discharge education
The primary healthcare discharge education begins by identifying priorities to address related to patients' life situations (using the Instrument for Patient Capacity Assessment) and determining the patient's current level of activation (using the Patient Activation Measure). A discharge education guide developed by the research team helps to individualize the teaching according to the patient's priorities and activation level.
specially-designed health education leaflet
1. Introduction of the District Health Centres/Expresses; 2. Life Course Preventive Care Plan pamphlet; 3. Provide disease-specific discharge/rehabilitation advice and relevant health education materials with an emphasis on prevention and self-care management; 4. The hospital nurses will help discharge patients download and install the "HA Go" mobile app.
Patient discharge package
Subjects in the intervention group will receive the following items with instructions for use upon hospital discharge: 1. Blood pressure monitor 2. Blood glucose test strip 3. Soft ruler to measure weight circumference 4. Resistance bands for simple exercise
usual hospital discharge practice
The control group will receive the usual hospital discharge practice upon discharge.
Locations (1)
18/F, Metro South Tower 1, 39 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Wong Chuk Hang, Hong Kong
Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong