Implementing the Transcultural Social-Ethical-Care Model -TEC-MED for Older People in the Mediterranean Basin

NCT06184178 | Completed

• 2 other identifiers: A_A 3 2_0376TEC-MED
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 20,000
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Implementation of the TEC-MED model of social and health care in the elderly population of the Mediterranean basin through a quasi-experimental trial. Participants will be assigned to the intervention group and will receive comprehensive care and assessment under the TEC-MED care model. Participants in the control group will receive usual care during the data collection phase, but will be offered care under the TEC-MED model at the end of the project.

Conditions

Older People; Care Dependency; Social Exclusion

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Care Dependency Level

  Assessment of the care dependency level using INICIARE Scale. The scale measures the care dependency level, framed in three levels: low level, mid level, high level. The expected outcome is to mantain the care dependency level, or low level, from the fisrt assessment to the second.

  3 months

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Quality of life level

  3 months

Study Arms (2)

INTERVENTION GROUP

EXPERIMENTAL

Implementation of socio-health care based on TEC-MED model

Other: Socio-health care

CONTROL GROUP

NO INTERVENTION

No intervention

Interventions

Socio-health care OTHER

Socio-health care under TEC-MED model and an integral assessment

Also known as: TEC-MED care model

INTERVENTION GROUP

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 60 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• years or more
• Living in the Mediterranean Basin countries

You may not qualify if:

• None

Sponsors & Collaborators

• REGINA ALLANDE CUSSO: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of Seville

Seville, 41009, Spain

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Lima-Serrano M, Allande-Cusso R, Vargas-Martinez AM, Karam G, El-Korh L, Porcel-Galvez AM. Testing the TEC-MED-Integrated Transcultural Social-Ethical-Care Model for Older People in the Mediterranean Basin: A Mixed-Method Quasiexperimental Study Protocol. Int J Integr Care. 2025 May 9;25(2):9. doi: 10.5334/ijic.9017. eCollection 2025 Apr-Jun.

  PMID: 40352956 DERIVED

Related Links

• Webpage of the project

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Social Isolation

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Social Behavior; Behavior

Study Officials

• Regina Allande-Cussó, Dr.

  University of Seville

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Clinical Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 5, 2023
• First Posted: December 28, 2023
• Study Start: December 1, 2023
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2023
• Study Completion: January 31, 2024
• Last Updated: May 8, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-05

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

ES (1)