Clinical Trials

Inclusion Criteria:

Patients:

• Patients ≥ 21  years of age hospitalized for non-elective reasons for complications of cirrhosis.
• Adult caregiver and the patient living in the same house or the caregiver may include a consistent person involved in and/or familiar with the patient’s health and routine subject to investigator approval.
• Able to complete the Patient Buddy training and evaluation.
• Discharged home from the hospital.
• Patients who have the discharge hospital as a primary hospital base.

Caregivers:

• Living in same dwelling as patient for the last ≥ 1 year.
• Able to complete the Patient Buddy training and evaluation.
• Familiar with the patient’s routines.

Exclusion Criteria:

Patients:

• Elective hospitalization.
• Lack of an adult caregiver.
• Active substance abuse within 1 month of the hospitalization (alcohol use is acceptable provided the patient does not have alcoholic hepatitis during this admission or < 1 month prior to admission).
• Unable to perform training or give consent.
• Patients discharged to hospice, nursing home or extended care facilities.

Caregivers:

• Unable or unwilling to train or adhere to study guidelines.
• Unfamiliar with the patient routines or not in the same house as the patient.

Eligibility last updated 6/8/22. Questions regarding updates should be directed to the study team contact.