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Living With Multimorbidity: Symptom Management Across the Illness Trajectory
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Care cO-ORDInatioN And sympTom managEment (CO-ORDINATE) Intervention for Multimorbidity and 2 related conditions. Completed, enrolled 27 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
Multimorbidity is common and is the coexistence of two or more chronic conditions in the same individual. People with multimorbidity suffer from a high symptom burden, directly affecting quality of life (QOL). Hospitalization can be a window of opportunity to initiate interventions to promote recovery and resilience and enhance QOL. However, interventions targeting the symptom trajectory and burden of patients with multimorbidity are lacking. Thus, the investigators envisage a nurse-led pre-discharge intervention augmented by telephone support, focusing on care coordination and symptom management. This approach is anticipated to help reduce symptom burden and improve QOL.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
The intervention consists of the following four components: i) needs assessment; ii) question prompt list; iii) goals discussion and; iv) symptom assessment and tracking. The intervention will start with the enrolment of a patient living with multimorbidity. The intervention consists of one in-person pre-discharge visit by the study team and four follow-up telephone calls (at 48 hours, 1 week, 4 weeks, and 6 weeks post-discharge).