Feasibility and Effects of Preventive Home Visits for Older Adults
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interventional
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Brief Summary
The goals of this project are to implement an innovative intervention for older adults and assess both its feasibility and effects on health and well-being. The investigators hypothesize that the intervention group will show a significantly better slope for a range of outcomes during and after the intervention.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P50-P75 for not_applicable
Started Jan 2008
Typical duration for not_applicable
1 active site
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
Trial Relationships
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
January 1, 2008
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
September 25, 2009
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
September 28, 2009
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
May 1, 2010
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
May 1, 2010
CompletedSeptember 16, 2011
September 1, 2011
2.3 years
September 25, 2009
September 15, 2011
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
functional ability
5 times across approx. 15 months
Secondary Outcomes (1)
life satisfaction
5 times across approx. 15 months
Study Arms (2)
Preventive home visit
EXPERIMENTALreceives preventive home visit intervention 4 times over 1 year
comparison group
ACTIVE COMPARATORreceives information packets on local services for older adults and health promotion material twice during 1 year
Interventions
in-home visit by a trained occupational therapist to assess older adult's living context and occupational performance and to provide recommendations for changes or continuation of behavior or context
provision of information related to services and health promotion for older adults as a low-cost minimal alternative to the intervention
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- years or older
- lives in community (not in nursing home or assisted living)
- not currently receiving home health services
- vulnerable elders survey score of 3 or higher
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27516, United States
Related Publications (1)
Cutchin MP, Coppola S, Talley V, Svihula J, Catellier D, Shank KH. Feasibility and effects of preventive home visits for at-risk older people: design of a randomized controlled trial. BMC Geriatr. 2009 Dec 3;9:54. doi: 10.1186/1471-2318-9-54.
PMID: 19958547DERIVED
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Malcolm P. Cutchin, PhD
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- SINGLE
- Who Masked
- OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
- Purpose
- PREVENTION
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
September 25, 2009
First Posted
September 28, 2009
Study Start
January 1, 2008
Primary Completion
May 1, 2010
Study Completion
May 1, 2010
Last Updated
September 16, 2011
Record last verified: 2011-09