A Technology Assisted Care Transition Intervention for Veterans With CHF or COPD
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Official title
A Technology-Assisted Care Transition Intervention for Veterans With Chronic Heart Failure or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Brief summary
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Transition from hospital to home places patients in jeopardy of adverse events and increases their risk for rehospitalization. CHF is the most prevalent chronic condition among U.S. adults and COPD is the third leading cause of death in the U.S. Both CHF and COPD represent significant burdens for the VHA healthcare system. Care transitions can be supported through multi-component interventions, but are costly to implement. Virtual nurses provide an effective medium for explaining health concepts to patients, and previous work indicates patients find virtual nurses acceptable. The investigators will implement and evaluate a virtual nurse intervention to provide automated, tailored, and timely support to Veterans transitioning from hospital to home. As effective care transition interventions incorporate both inpatient and outpatient components, the virtual nurse will first engage with patient onscreen during their inpatient stay and then via text message post-discharge. This project has the potential to improve the care transition experience for patients, caregivers and healthcare providers.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT02632552
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 140 participants
Conditions and interventions
Interventions
- Technology-assisted care transition intervention Behavioral
- Active attention control Behavioral
Behavioral
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- May 1, 2018 (Actual)
- Primary completion
- Jun 30, 2020 (Actual)
- Completion
- Aug 31, 2021 (Actual)
- Last update posted
- Jul 27, 2023
2018 – 2021
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 5
- U.S. states
- 4
- U.S. cities
- 5
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA | Palo Alto | California | 94304-1207 | — |
| Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital, Hines, IL | Hines | Illinois | 60141-5000 | — |
| Iowa City VA Health Care System, Iowa City, IA | Iowa City | Iowa | 52246-2292 | — |
| VA Bedford HealthCare System, Bedford, MA | Bedford | Massachusetts | 01730-1114 | — |
| VA Boston Healthcare System Jamaica Plain Campus, Jamaica Plain, MA | Boston | Massachusetts | 02130-4817 | — |
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- Last update posted Jul 27, 2023 · Synced Oct 23, 2026
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