This pilot study investigates the feasibility of a prospective longitudinal observational approach to identify variables influencing home nursing care time. Conducted within the ULSS 6 Euganea health district in Italy, the study will analyze nursing care and travel time across approximately 350 home visits involving up to 200 voluntarily enrolled adult patients. Data will be collected anonymously by nurses using a digital tool (REDCap), capturing a predefined core set of variables previously selected via the Delphi method. The study aims to understand the association between individual, contextual, and organizational variables and the time required for home nursing interventions. Results will inform better planning and resource allocation for home care services.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
200
Factors thath influence home care nurses
Measure the factors that influence the work of home care nurses in individual subjects and different territorial contexts in relation to care time. * patient's socioeconomic status (age, level of education, understanding of italian language, rural or urban context,..) * patient's clinical status (hospitalizations, type of assistance needed, type of support, diagnosis, mobility status..) * caregiver (type, hours of formal and informal caregiving, coping, knowledge of the patient's medical history,..) * visit specific variables (presence of animals, number of services provided, time required for the service in minutes,..) * IDC-PAL items
Time frame: From the enrollment to the end of the study at two months
Time and space spent by the nurse traveling to the patient's home
Travel times in minutes and distance traveled in Kilometers, calculated by the nurses from departure to arrival at each patients' home.
Time frame: From the enrollment to the end at two months
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