Growing Old at Home
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interventional
336
1 country
2
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether preventive home visits for people aged 80 and over are effective in the prevention of nursing home admission in Germany.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P75+ for not_applicable
Started Sep 2007
Typical duration for not_applicable
2 active sites
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
September 1, 2007
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
March 26, 2008
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
March 27, 2008
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
March 1, 2010
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
March 1, 2010
CompletedJune 3, 2010
January 1, 2010
2.5 years
March 26, 2008
June 1, 2010
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
nursing home admission rate
18 months
Secondary Outcomes (6)
health care service utilization and costs
18 months
incremental cost-effectiveness and cost- utility ratio
18 months
health related functioning
18 months
health related quality of life
18 months
prevalence of falls
18 months
- +1 more secondary outcomes
Study Arms (2)
1
EXPERIMENTAL2
NO INTERVENTIONInterventions
A multidimensional geriatric assessment within the dimensions: cognition, health related functioning, risk of falling, nutritional status, social situation, economic situation, mood. Two more home visits: (1) home counseling visit 2-3 weeks after assessment (2) booster session 1 month after home counseling visit
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- older than 80
- fluent German speaker
- resident of Leipzig or Halle
- living at home (i.e. no nursing home resident)
You may not qualify if:
- cognitive impairment
- not able to give informed consent
- care level higher than 1 according to German long term care insurance
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (2)
Institut für Gesundheits- und Pflegewissenschaft, Medizinische Fakultät, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Halle, SAN, 06197, Germany
Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie, Universitätsklinikum Leipzig AöR
Leipzig, SA, 04107, Germany
Related Publications (2)
Brettschneider C, Luck T, Fleischer S, Roling G, Beutner K, Luppa M, Behrens J, Riedel-Heller SG, Konig HH. Cost-utility analysis of a preventive home visit program for older adults in Germany. BMC Health Serv Res. 2015 Apr 3;15:141. doi: 10.1186/s12913-015-0817-0.
PMID: 25884452DERIVEDFleischer S, Roling G, Beutner K, Hanns S, Behrens J, Luck T, Kuske B, Angermeyer MC, Riedel-Heller SG, Heinrich S, Konig HH, Lautenschlager C. Growing old at home - a randomized controlled trial to investigate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of preventive home visits to reduce nursing home admissions: study protocol [NCT00644826]. BMC Public Health. 2008 May 28;8:185. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-185.
PMID: 18507840DERIVED
MeSH Terms
Interventions
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Johann Behrens, PhD
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Steffi Riedel-Heller, MD
Universität Leipzig
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- SINGLE
- Who Masked
- OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
- Purpose
- SUPPORTIVE CARE
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
March 26, 2008
First Posted
March 27, 2008
Study Start
September 1, 2007
Primary Completion
March 1, 2010
Study Completion
March 1, 2010
Last Updated
June 3, 2010
Record last verified: 2010-01