Self Care for Older Persons in Singapore: An Intervention Study
SCOPE
1 other identifier
interventional
400
1 country
12
Brief Summary
The main aim of the project is to evaluate a self-care intervention program aimed at enhancing the ability of mildly disabled and healthy older persons in Singapore to manage their health. A secondary aim of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of training community health workers located within Senior Activity Centres in Singapore to support the self-care capacity development amongst older persons in the locale.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P75+ for not_applicable
Started Aug 2011
Typical duration for not_applicable
12 active sites
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
August 1, 2011
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
August 8, 2012
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
August 24, 2012
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
October 1, 2014
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
October 1, 2014
CompletedApril 16, 2015
April 1, 2015
3.2 years
August 8, 2012
April 15, 2015
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Clinical Measures
The primary outcome measure is a composite of the change in the following measures: 1)Systolic BP; 2)HbA1C; and 3)normalized peak flow. The null hypothesis is that there is no difference between intervention and control in any of the measures.
18 months
Secondary Outcomes (3)
Improved Quality of Life
18 months
Community Health Trainer
18 months
Healthcare Utilization
18 months
Study Arms (2)
Control
NO INTERVENTIONIndividuals in the control group will not receive any training.
Intervention
EXPERIMENTALIndividuals in the intervention group will receive two hour long weekly training sessions for seven to eight months. The content of the training focuses on health promotion, health seeking behaviours and chronic disease management.
Interventions
Those in the intervention group will receive two hour long weekly training sessions for seven-eight months (a total of 56 hours of training).
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Age 55 and above
- Age 21 or above for CHTs
- No cognitive impairment as justified by AMT
- No Activities of Daily Living (ADL)Limitations preventing them from coming to questionnaire interviews, health screenings, and/or weekly health trainings.
- Not severely ill ; not on dialysis, chemotherapy or psychiatric medication
You may not qualify if:
- Below 55 years of age
- Cognitively impaired
- Severely depressed
- With ADLs preventing them from coming to questionnaire interviews, health screenings, and/or weekly health trainings.
- Severely ill ; on dialysis, chemotherapy or psychiatric medication
- Those who refused to have their biomarkers taken (applies to both intervention and non-intervention group)
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (12)
Redhill SilverACE
Singapore, 150071, Singapore
Moral Seniors Activity Centre (Redhill)
Singapore, 150089, Singapore
Moral Neighbourhood Link Bukit Merah View/Tanjong Pagar FSC
Singapore, 150118, Singapore
Kreta Ayer Seniors Activity Centre (Chin Swee)
Singapore, 160051, Singapore
Sarah Seniors Activity Centre
Singapore, 160105, Singapore
Kreta Ayer Senior Activity Centre (Jalan Kukoh)
Singapore, 162008, Singapore
AWWA Seniors Activity Centre
Singapore, 560123, Singapore
Ang Mo Kio Family Services Centre
Singapore, 560230, Singapore
Community Care Network Senior Activity Centre @Teck Ghee 420
Singapore, 560420, Singapore
Care Corner Toa Payoh
Singapore, Singapore
Lion Befrienders/TOUCH
Singapore, Singapore
Moral Neighbourhood Link Telok Blangah
Singapore, Singapore
Related Publications (3)
Ng TKS, Wee HN, Ching J, Kovalik JP, Chan AW, Matchar DB. Plasma Acylcarnitines as Metabolic Signatures of Declining Health-Related Quality of Life Measure in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Combined Cross-sectional and Longitudinal Pilot Study. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2024 Mar 1;79(3):glac114. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glac114.
PMID: 35605263DERIVEDNg TKS, Matchar DB, Sultana R, Chan A. Effects of Self-Care for Older PErsons (SCOPE) on Functional and Physiological Measures: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. J Clin Med. 2020 Mar 24;9(3):885. doi: 10.3390/jcm9030885.
PMID: 32213860DERIVEDChan A, Matchar DB, Tsao MA, Harding S, Chiu CT, Tay B, Raman P, Pietryla Z, Klein MK, Haldane VE. Self-Care for Older People (SCOPE): a cluster randomized controlled trial of self-care training and health outcomes in low-income elderly in Singapore. Contemp Clin Trials. 2015 Mar;41:313-24. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2015.01.001. Epub 2015 Jan 10.
PMID: 25583272DERIVED
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
David B Matchar, MD
Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- SINGLE
- Who Masked
- OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
- Purpose
- HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Professor and Director, Program in Health Services and Systems Research
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
August 8, 2012
First Posted
August 24, 2012
Study Start
August 1, 2011
Primary Completion
October 1, 2014
Study Completion
October 1, 2014
Last Updated
April 16, 2015
Record last verified: 2015-04