Promoting Seniors' Health With Home Care Aides
2 other identifiers
interventional
157
1 country
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Brief Summary
This study aims to test whether a safe physical activity program with a built-in motivational enhancement component, performed in a seated position, preserves the function and well-being of older home care clients.
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 2017
Longer than P75 for not_applicable
1 active site
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, 2017
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
September 21, 2017
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
October 4, 2017
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
December 7, 2022
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
December 7, 2022
CompletedJune 27, 2025
June 1, 2025
5.3 years
September 21, 2017
June 24, 2025
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Change from Baseline Function (Daily activity difficulties and dependency in older home care clients) at Month 4
Activities of daily living that are specifically targeted by the intervention (6-items scale; each task will be scored 0-no difficulty/no help; 1=difficulty but no help; 2=need help; summed score, range 0-12)
Month 4
Secondary Outcomes (4)
Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB)
Baseline, Month 4, Month 8
Exercise-related social support from home care aides
Baseline, Month 4, Month 8
Self-rated health
Baseline, Month 4, Month 8
Fear of falling
Baseline, Month 4, Month 8
Other Outcomes (8)
Basic activities of daily living (secondary outcome)
Baseline, Month 4, Month 8
Activities of daily living that are specifically targeted by the intervention (secondary outcome)
Baseline, Month 4, Month 8
Instrumental activities of daily living (secondary outcome)
Baseline, Month 4, Month 8
- +5 more other outcomes
Study Arms (2)
Healthy Moves
EXPERIMENTALHome care aides (HCAs) will be trained to deliver Healthy Moves for Aging Well (Healthy Moves), a gentle physical activity program, to their clients. On the first home care visit after the training, HCAs will introduce the program, assess their clients' readiness for the activity and have their clients set personally meaningful goals, and teach the three chair-bound moves. Home care clients will be asked to do the three moves every day. HCAs remind clients of their activity as part of their regular home care visits throughout the 4-month intervention period.
Active Mind
ACTIVE COMPARATORHome care aides (HCAs) will be trained to deliver Active Mind for Aging Well (Active Mind), a gentle thinking activity program, to their clients. On the first home care visit after the training, HCAs will introduce the program, assess their clients' readiness for the activity and have their clients set personally meaningful goals, and teach the activity. Home care clients will be asked to do a word search puzzle every day. HCAs remind clients of their activity as part of their regular home care visits throughout the 4-month intervention period.
Interventions
A safe physical activity program which consists of a brief motivational enhancement and three movements to be performed in a seated position. The intervention will be delivered by home care aides for their clients.
A word puzzle program which consists of a brief motivational enhancement and word search activities. The intervention will be delivered by home care aides for their clients.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- English or Spanish-speaking older adults aged 60+
- Receiving Illinois Department on Aging Community Care Program In-Home service from the collaborating home care agency
- Able to sit in a chair independently for \>=15 minutes (it is fine if the person needs help with transferring to a chair)
- Cognitive status sufficient to follow directions and respond to survey questions as determined by the Six-Item Screener (Callahan, et al., 2002) (the instrument used in the phone screening) and the Modified Mini-Mental State (3MS) Examination (the instrument used in the in-home screening)
- Willing to be assigned to either intervention program
- Willing to have the research team notify the primary care physician of the client's study participation
You may not qualify if:
- Having a legal guardian appointed
- Bedridden or unable to sit in a chair independently
- Receiving hospice care or having a terminal diagnosis
- Self-reported inability to read large print books
- HOME CARE AIDES
- English or Spanish-speaking home care aide caring for an older home care client eligible for the study
- Age 18 and older
- Willing to implement the intervention program routine with their eligible client(s) for the full 4 months
- Willing to be randomly assigned to either intervention program
- Intend to be a home care aide for the next 12 months
- Not having a home care client who participates in the study
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, 60608, United States
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Naoko Muramatsu, PhD
University of Illinois at Chicago
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- SINGLE
- Who Masked
- OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
- Masking Details
- N/A (there are no other parties who will be masked in the clinical trial)
- Purpose
- PREVENTION
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Associate Professor
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
September 21, 2017
First Posted
October 4, 2017
Study Start
September 1, 2017
Primary Completion
December 7, 2022
Study Completion
December 7, 2022
Last Updated
June 27, 2025
Record last verified: 2025-06
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will share
- Shared Documents
- STUDY PROTOCOL, SAP, ANALYTIC CODE
- Time Frame
- After the publication of the main study results
- Access Criteria
- To protect participants from re-identification while retaining the analytic utility of the data, the data and associated documentation will be available to users only under a data-sharing agreement, managed by the National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging (NACDA), that provides for: (1) a commitment to using the data only for research purposes and not to identify any individual participant; (2) a commitment to securing the data using appropriate computer technology; and (3) a commitment to destroying or returning the data after analyses are completed. Data will only be released once all Institutional Review Board (IRB) approvals and human subjects concerns have been addressed.
After the end of the study, data collection instruments, codebooks, and other data documentation will be made available in conjunction with the dataset in a standard format that is readable across a variety of applications. Guidelines from relevant state agencies and collaborators will be followed.