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NCT Number: NCT06405347

The M-Well Inpatient Whole Health Bundle

This study will utilize a quasi-experimental pre-test/post-test design and will be conducted on the medical and medical/surgical units at the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System. Hospitalized patients on the intervention units will be offered the Inpatient Whole Health Bundle. This study will evaluate overall satisfaction with the hospital environment and care as well as the bundle and components using a mailed survey of patients discharged from each unit. This study will also conduct a qualitative assessment of the intervention to understand intervention experiences as well as barriers and facilitators to improving hospitalized patient well-being. Finally, the study will assess unit-level metrics.

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Key information

Conditions

Patient Satisfaction Behavior Health Behavior Treatment Adherence and Compliance

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System

Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48105, United States

About this study

Whole Health is a model designed to address multiple patient needs. This includes physical and spiritual wellness, personal surroundings, nutrition, relationships, and mental wellness. The Whole Health approach focuses on improving overall patient wellness and includes increased availability of complementary and alternative medicine services. While some Whole Health work is being done at outpatient facilities, this study seeks to expand and test this approach to the inpatient setting, given the potential Whole Health has for addressing patient wellness.

The goal of this study is to implement and evaluate an inpatient Whole Health Bundle intervention to improve hospitalized patients' well-being. This study will assess if implementing an Inpatient Whole Health Bundle is associated with improved patient-centric outcomes (such as perceptions of the healing environment and patient satisfaction) among hospitalized patients.

This is a quasi-experimental pre-test/post-test trial. The study will be conducted at one Veterans Affairs hospital. Study subjects will be hospitalized patients. The study will be conducted in 2 phases- pre-intervention and intervention. Each study phase will last 2-months on each study unit. During the pre-intervention phase, a sample of patients recently discharged from the hospital will be mailed a study survey. The survey will ask questions about their satisfaction with their hospital stay.

During the intervention phase, patients staying in the hospital will be asked if they would like to participate in the study. Participants will be offered a menu of items and services that could help improve their overall well-being and their hospital stay. Patient will be free to choose or decline any of the items on the menu. A researcher will record which items, if any, a patient selects. Patients in the intervention will be mailed the same study survey as the pre-intervention phase after they are discharged from the hospital. Researchers will compare patient satisfaction responses between patients staying in the hospital during the pre-intervention phase to those who participated in the intervention. A few patients will be asked to participate in a study interview. The interviews are to better understand intervention experiences as well as barriers and facilitators to improving patient satisfaction with their hospital stay. In addition, unit level metrics will be assessed between the pre-intervention and intervention time periods.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Adult hospitalized patients on medical and medical/surgical units at the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System

Exclusion criteria

  • Patients who cannot speak English
  • Patients who are cognitively impaired

Treatment and study plan

Inpatient Whole Health Bundle

Behavioral

Hospitalized patients on the intervention units will be offered participation in the Inpatient Whole Health Bundle, which is comprised of a variety of offerings aimed at improving the wellbeing of the patient. They can choose to use any or none of the bundle elements.

Primary outcomes

  1. Satisfaction with Whole Health Bundle and Components

    Time frame: 1-2 weeks post discharge (10 minutes to complete)

    A survey will be sent to selected patients discharged from the respective implementation units during the 2 months prior to implementation and to all participants in the intervention during the 2-month implementation period. Questions will assess if patients were offered any of the Whole Health elements and their satisfaction with those offerings. Satisfaction with each element will be assessed on a 5 point Likert scale from 1 to 5, with 1 being very dissatisfied and 5 being very satisfied.

  2. General Patient Satisfaction

    Time frame: 1-2 weeks post discharge (10 minutes to complete)

    A survey will be sent to selected patients discharged from the respective implementation units during the 2 months prior to implementation and to all participants in the intervention during the 2-month implementation period. Questions will assess overall patient satisfaction with their hospital stay. The primary measure of satisfaction will be scored on a scale of 0 to 10, where 0 is the worst hospital possible and 10 is the best hospital possible. Questions will also be asked about the the care provided by their physicians and nurses while in the hospital and if the patient would recommend this hospital to friends and family.

  3. Satisfaction with Physical Hospital Environment

    Time frame: 1-2 weeks post discharge (10 minutes to complete)

    A survey will be sent to selected patients discharged from the respective implementation units during the 2 months prior to implementation and to all participants in the intervention during the 2-month implementation period. Questions will ask about the patient's satisfaction with various aspects of the physical hospital environment using a scale of 1 - Very dissatisfied to 5- Very satisfied.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Length of Stay

    Time frame: 4 months (2 months of pre-intervention data and 2 months of intervention data)

    Average length of stay prior to intervention will be compared to average length of stay during the intervention at the unit level for all patients regardless of study enrollment status.

  2. Number of Palliative Care Consultations

    Time frame: 4 months (2 months of pre-intervention data and 2 months of intervention data)

    Total number of palliative care consultations prior to intervention will be compared to total number of palliative care consultations during the intervention at the unit level for all patients regardless of study enrollment status.

  3. Enrollment in Hospice

    Time frame: 4 months (2 months of pre-intervention data and 2 months of intervention data)

    Total number of patients enrolled in hospice prior to intervention will be compared to total number of patients enrolled in hospice during the intervention at the unit level for all patients regardless of study enrollment status.

  4. Inpatient Mortality

    Time frame: 4 months (2 months of pre-intervention data and 2 months of intervention data)

    Total number of patients who died in the hospital prior to intervention will be compared to total number of patients who died in the hospital during the intervention at the unit level for all patients regardless of study enrollment status.

  5. Hospital Readmissions

    Time frame: 4 months (2 months of pre-intervention data and 2 months of intervention data)

    Total number of patients who stayed on a study unit prior to discharge and were readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of discharge will be compared to total number of patients who stayed on a study unit during the intervention period and were readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of discharge at the unit level for all patients regardless of study enrollment status.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Michigan

Other

Collaborators

  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

Registry information

Official study title

Engineering Whole Health Into Hospital Care to Improve Wellness: The Inpatient Whole Health Bundle

Important dates

Study start
2024
Primary completion
2025
Study completion
2025
First posted
May 8, 2024
Registry last updated
Apr 9, 2026

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