Impact of the eSalut Program in Hospital-at-Home (HOMeSALUT)

NCT07386275 NA COMPLETED

The objective of the study is to evaluate the impact caused by the use of the e-Salut Metro Nord App on the home hospitalization care process compared to the conventional model of care. A randomized clinical trial will be conducted with two groups: control group (patients using the conventional care model) and experimental group (patients using the app). The study population includes patients admitted to the Home Hospitalization Unit (HAD) of the Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol who agree to participate between January 2024 and April 2025. The independent variable is the use of the App. The dependent/outcome variables include: generated alerts, number of patient-initiated phone calls to professionals, App users who complete questionnaires, detected complications, unplanned in-person visits in HAD, unplanned phone visits in HAD, scheduled in-person nursing visits, scheduled medical visits, time elapsed between an alert and the professional's response, time for management and resolution of complications, unplanned visits generated by alerts, number of readmissions, patient/caregiver satisfaction, sex, age, functional assessment (Barthel Index), cognitive impairment assessment (Pfeiffer Test), anxiety and depression scales (HADS), patient activation measure (PAM-13), empowerment measure (CEPEC-47), therapeutic adherence test (ARMS-e), and health literacy (HLS-EU-Q16).

Details

Lead sponsor	Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital
Phase	NA
Status	COMPLETED
Enrolment	202
Start date	Mon Jan 01 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Completion	Fri Aug 15 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Conditions

• Hospital at Home
• Patients Admitted to Hospital at Home Unit

Interventions

• eSalut program arm
• Control arm

Countries

Spain