Effects of Community Health Programs by Nurses for Older Adults

NCT01972958 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 200908042R
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 220
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

As the aging population increases, preventing and decreasing disabilities become a critical issue for the health care system. Previous researches have shown that preventive community-based nursing services for older adults could achieve important health benefits at a relatively low cost. However, many frail and pre-frail older adults living in communities cannot get enough attention from current health care system. The role and function of nurses should be expanded to provide more comprehensive family-oriented care to improve health outcomes of older adults in Taiwan. The objectives of this study are:

1. 1.Understand the difficulties and solutions for nurses providing community-based services in order to expand their better role and function.
2. 2.Develop a cultural sensitive community advanced nurse service model for Taiwan in health care system.
3. 3.Explore the effectiveness of community health programs by nurses for frail or pre-frail older adults in community.

Conditions

Older Adults

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• To assess quality of life

  6 months

Study Arms (2)

comprehensive care

EXPERIMENTAL

comprehensive assessment, physical activity training, community resources referral, health education, health promotion activity.

Other: comprehensive care

usual care

NO INTERVENTION

control group with usual care

Interventions

comprehensive care OTHER

comprehensice assessment,physical activity training, community resources referral, health education.

Also known as: community health care

comprehensive care

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 65 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• years and above, frail and pre-frail older adults, living in communities

You may not qualify if:

• Cognitive impairment.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Taiwan University Hospital: lead
• Department of Health, Executive Yuan, R.O.C. (Taiwan): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

School of Nursing, National Taiwan University

Taipei, Taiwan, 100, Taiwan

Location

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Comprehensive Health Care; Community Health Services

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Patient Care Management; Health Services Administration; Health Services; Health Care Facilities Workforce and Services

Study Officials

• Lian-Hua Huang, PhD

  National Taiwan University Hospital

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 18, 2013
• First Posted: October 31, 2013
• Study Start: March 1, 2010
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2010
• Study Completion: December 1, 2010
• Last Updated: October 31, 2013

Record last verified: 2013-10

Locations

TW (1)