Connect-Home transitional care from skilled nursing facilities to home: A stepped wedge, cluster randomized trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Skilled nursing facility (SNF) patients and their caregivers who transition to home experience complications and frequently return to acute care. We tested the efficacy of the Connect-Home transitional care intervention on patient and caregiver preparedness for care at home, and other patient and caregiver-reported outcomes.

Methods

We used a stepped wedge, cluster-randomized trial design to test the intervention against standard discharge planning (control). The setting was six SNFs and six home health offices in one agency. Participants were 327 dyads of patients discharged from SNF to home and their caregivers; 11.1% of dyads in the control condition and 81.2% in the intervention condition were enrolled after onset of COVID-19. Patients were 63.9% female and me

SUBMITTER: Toles M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10089938 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature