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Development of an ICF Core Set for Geriatric Patients in Primary Care

NCT03384732 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 130

Last updated 2019-05-20

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Summary

The sum of medical interventions can do more harm than good. Supporting patients' resources instead of combating disease might effectively help reducing "too much medicine". A first step to approach this goal would be to have a classification tool that captures the essential features of a meaningful human life, namely body functions, activities, and participation. The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) is the perfect framework to distinguish between necessary and unnecessary medical interventions by offering descriptions of outcomes of medical and non-medical interventions. However, though adequate and comprehensive in theory, it is impracticable in a primary care setting. Therefore, a core set of the ICF for the old and very old in primary care is needed. Four preparatory studies according to the international development guideline will be carried out: a systematic literature review to capture the research perspective, a qualitative study to assess the patients' perspective, an experts' survey and an empirical multicenter study to detect the clinical perspective.

Conditions

  • Old and Very Old People
  • Independent Living
  • Functioning

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • German Federal Ministry of Education and Research

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  • University of Erlangen-Nürnberg

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  • University of Erlangen-Nürnberg Medical School

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Principal Investigators

  • Thomas Kühlein, Prof. Dr. · Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Institute of General Practice

Eligibility

Min Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-06-30
Primary Completion
2019-04-30
Completion
2019-04-30

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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