Home Care ServicesHoNuCaS-01NCT07099508
Factors Influencing Home Nursing Care Service
An observational study of Home Care Services, run by University of Padova.
Trial summary
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… Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Any age
- Conditions the study is for
- Home Care Services
- How many people
- 200 participants
- Where
- No sites listed yet
- Study dates
- Sep 2025to Nov 2025
- Phase
- Observational
- Are there results?
- Not yet: the study is under way
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages Any age
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Child, Adult, Older adult
Study population: Patients receiving home care nursing services: * Condition of frailty or dependence: often associated with chronic or degenerative diseases. * Presence or absence of family support network: the lack of caregivers can increase the required frequency of visits. * Multimorbidity: patients often suffer from multiple chronic conditions (e.g., diabetes, heart failure, COPD, dementia). * Disabilities or functional limitations: motor, sensory, or cognitive impairments that necessitate home-based care. * Ongoing or complex healthcare needs: including advanced wound care, stoma management, enteral/parenteral nutrition, intravenous therapy. * End-of-life or palliative care: some patients receive home palliative care (e.g., type III Integrated Home Care).
Inclusion Criteria: all patients receiving home care nursing services who agree to voluntary participation
Trial locations and contacts
No sites are listed yet. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.
About this study
Official title: Factors Influencing Home Nursing Care Service: a Pilot Study Shedding Light Over the Feasibility
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.
- Conditions
- Home Care Services
- Keywords
- Home Nursing Care, Nursing time measurement, Travel time, Health planning
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
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
Measured: From the enrollment to the end of the study at two months
Secondary outcomes (1)
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.
Measured: From the enrollment to the end at two months
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted1 Aug 2025
- Study startSep 2025 (estimated)
- Primary completionSep 2025 (estimated)
- Study completionNov 2025 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Home Care ServicesStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Observational
- Observational model
- Other
- Time perspective
- Prospective
- Enrolment
- 200 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- University of Padova
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Azienda Ulss 6 Euganea
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07099508
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- HoNuCaS-01
- Acronym
- HoNuCaS-01
- Status last verified
- Jul 2025
- First submitted
- 18 Jul 2025
- Last updated
- 1 Aug 2025
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- Undecided
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 1 Aug 2025. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Factors Influencing Home Nursing Care Service: a Pilot Study Shedding Light Over the Feasibility
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07099508
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- HoNuCaS-01 / HoNuCaS-01
- Conditions
- Home Care Services
- Keywords
- Home Nursing Care, Nursing time measurement, Travel time, Health planning
- Study type
- Observational
- Recruitment status
- Not yet recruiting
- Enrolment
- 200 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- University of PadovaUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Azienda Ulss 6 Euganea
- Study start
- Sep 2025 (estimated)
- Primary completion
- Sep 2025 (estimated)
- Study completion
- Nov 2025 (estimated)
- First posted
- 1 Aug 2025 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
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 design
- Observational model
- Other
- Time perspective
- Prospective
Who may qualify
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Child, Adult, Older adult
- Study population
- Patients receiving home care nursing services: * Condition of frailty or dependence: often associated with chronic or degenerative diseases. * Presence or absence of family support network: the lack of caregivers can increase the required frequency of visits. * Multimorbidity: patients often suffer from multiple chronic conditions (e.g., diabetes, heart failure, COPD, dementia). * Disabilities or functional limitations: motor, sensory, or cognitive impairments that necessitate home-based care. * Ongoing or complex healthcare needs: including advanced wound care, stoma management, enteral/parenteral nutrition, intravenous therapy. * End-of-life or palliative care: some patients receive home palliative care (e.g., type III Integrated Home Care).
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Primary outcome
Factors thath influence home care nurses
Time frame: From the enrollment to the end of the study at two months
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
1 secondary outcome
Time and space spent by the nurse traveling to the patient's home
Time frame: From the enrollment to the end at two months
Results and safety
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 1 Aug 2025.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: Undecided
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
An observational study of Home Care Services, run by University of Padova.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: opening soon, as of the sponsor's last update on 1 Aug 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
Contact Matteo Martinato, MSc, PhD (+39 3358769308, matteo.martinato@ubep.unipd.it), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Factors thath influence home care nurses (time frame: From the enrollment to the end of the study at two months). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 1 Aug 2025.