Evaluating a New Way to Prepare Parents of Hospitalized Children for Discharge and Management of Child at Home

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Patient Discharge

In brief

The purpose of this study is to pilot test the 'Family Self- Management Discharge Preparation Intervention \[FSM-DPI\]' that focuses on content and delivery methods to support an effective family transition to home self-management after a child's hospitalization.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01565785

Run by

Medical College of Wisconsin

People needed

104

Starts

2012-02-01

Expected to finish

2013-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-11-17

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Parents must be at least 18 years of age, speak sufficient English to complete paper or online questionnaires, have a child who has been in the hospital for 2 days and is expected to go home on the data of data collection

You may not qualify if…

• Parents will be excluded if their child is discharged home to hospice care, or if they were in the hospital less than 2 days, were admitted as a short stay, or remain in the hospital

Where it is running

• Children's Hospital of Wisconsin — Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

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