Technological Home Care: Improving HPN Care With Videophone And Internet Education

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Conditions studied: Home Parenteral Nutrition

In brief

The purpose of this study is to help people with home parenteral nutrition (HPN) to avoid infections and feelings of depression or fatigue and to test how their health and quality of life change over time. Another purpose is to test the nurse teaching sessions and the method of obtaining support from the peer partner through videophone.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00315094

Run by

University of Kansas

People needed

172

Starts

2006-04-01

Expected to finish

2011-11-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-02-28

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• 18 years or older
• Caregivers of HPN patients short- or long-term HPN
• able to participate in writing and other intervention activities
• able to speak/read/write English or Spanish

You may not qualify if…

• Patients with psychiatric disorders (e.g., schizophrenia, hallucinations) and physical disabilities that prevent use of intervention

Where it is running

• University of Kansas Medical Center — Kansas City, Kansas, United States

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