Improving Care for Nursing Home Pneumonia in NHCUs and Veterans' Homes

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Pneumonia

In brief

Nursing Home Acquired Pneumonia (NHAP) causes excessive morbidity, mortality, hospitalization, and loss of function. At any given time, 1.1-2.5% of veterans who reside at nursing home care units (NHCUs) and State Veterans Homes (SVHs) are ill with pneumonia. Multi-faceted implementation of evidence-based guidelines has been shown to be feasible in the private sector. Retrospective studies demonstrate an association between guideline adherence and improved survival.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00120068

Run by

US Department of Veterans Affairs

People needed

100

Starts

2004-11-01

Expected to finish

2005-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-04-07

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Residents of Florence and Walsenburg, Colorado State Veterans Homes

You may not qualify if…

• Residents within 48 hours of death or if in facility < 5 days

Where it is running

• VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Denver, CO — Denver, District of Columbia, United States

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