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A Community Paramedicine Initiative for Older Adults Living in Subsidized Housing (CHAP-EMS/CP@Clinic)

NCT02152891 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1200

Last updated 2019-08-13

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Older adults living in subsidized housing report poorer health. Their age and low income make it harder for them to use community services. Many older adults have heart disease and diabetes, which lead to frequent emergency calls and hospital admissions. To decrease the costs of treating heart disease and diabetes through emergency and hospitalization, improved screening and health education is needed. Our program will take place in communal areas within housing buildings of older adults and deliver a heart disease, diabetes, and falls risk check-up with health education. This is expected to improve the health of older adults leading to fewer emergency calls and hospital visits.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

CHAP-EMS/CP@clinic

Community Paramedicine program to assess cardiovascular, diabetes, and fall risk; discuss lifestyle changes and goals; and refer to appropriate resources.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Hamilton Academic Health Sciences Organization

    collaborator OTHER

  • McMaster University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Gina Agarawal · McMaster University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
55 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-11-01
Primary Completion
2016-11-30
Completion
2018-03-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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