Extended use of point-of-care technology versus usual care for in-home assessment by acute community nurses in older adults with signs of potential acute respiratory disease: an open-label randomised controlled trial protocol.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateThe study protocol was submitted to the Regional Committees on Health Research Ethics for Southern Denmark, who approved the study (S-20220050). The ethical principles for medical research as stated by the Declaration of Helsinki, will be applied throughout the study [50]. All methods will also follow guidelines and regulations given by the Regional Committees on Health Research Ethics for Southern Denmark. All participants will provide written informed consent. ACNs will seek written consent. The consent forms and process have been ethically reviewed by the Regional Committees on Health Research Ethics for Southern Denmark. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsSAS declare no competing interest.CBL has in the past 36 months received speaker’s honoraria for lectures at educational events / symposia / courses organised by AstraZeneca, and royalties as author of book chapters or as editor of books / web publications by Munksgaard.DEJ declare no competing interest.FSR declare no competing interest.KAR declare no competing interest. Competing interests SAS declare no competing interest. CBL has in the past 36 months received speaker’s honoraria for lectures at educational events / symposia / courses organised by AstraZeneca, and royalties as author of book chapters or as editor of books / web publications by Munksgaard. DEJ declare no competing interest. FSR declare no competing interest. KAR declare no competing interest."

"Funding Open access funding provided by University of Southern Denmark This study was funded by A.P. Møller and Chastine Mc-Kinney Møller Foundation (ID- 20-L-0287), the Hartmann Foundation, the Merchant L. F. Foghts Foundation, the Director Emil C Hertz and wife Inger Hertz Foundation, the Karen Elise Jensens Foundation, the Gangsted Foundation, Odense University Hospital, the Region of Southern Denmark, and the University of Southern Denmark. The funding bodies had no influence on study design, data collection, interpretation, peer-review, or decision on publication."

"Trial Registration www.clinicaltrials.org NCT05546073 (Date of registration: September 19th, 2022)."