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Evaluating the Efficacy of a Detection and Prevention Program for Frail Community-dwelling Older Adults

NCT03168204 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 869

Last updated 2019-04-25

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The evaluation of a detection and prevention program which aims to create a continuum of care and support for frail community-dwelling older people (from early detection, over intervention, to follow-up). First, the program aims to develop methods to easily, accurately and timely detect and prevent a negative frailty-balance in older people. Second, the study aims to improve the quality and efficacy of care and support given to frail community-dwelling older people.

Conditions

  • Older Adults

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Tailored care and support

Offering tailored care and support whereby the competences, strengths and resources of the older person are taken into account.The intervention will be an enhancement of usual care and will depend on the availability of the municipality, and could be formal (i.e., home care) or informal (e.g. activities of an older adult's association).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hogeschool Gent

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Universiteit Antwerpen

    collaborator OTHER

  • KU Leuven

    collaborator OTHER

  • Maastricht University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Agentschap voor Innovatie door Wetenschap en Technologie

    collaborator OTHER

  • Vrije Universiteit Brussel

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Liesbeth De Donder, Prof. Dr. · Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-06-01
Primary Completion
2018-04-30
Completion
2018-06-30

Countries

  • Belgium

Study Locations

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