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Multiple Chronic Conditions for Older Adults

NCT03387735 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 346

Last updated 2022-09-01

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Summary

Multiple chronic conditions are common and expensive among patients aged ≥65 and are associated with lower quality of life, poorer response to treatment, worse medical and psychiatric outcomes, higher mortality, and higher costs of care.

The primary purpose of this study is to conduct a randomized clinical trial (RCT) to examine the effects of ElderTree --a web-based intervention--on health outcomes and healthcare use among older adults with several chronic health conditions, such as diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, COPD, BMI over 30, congestive heart failure, chronic kidney disease, arrhythmia/atrial fibrillation, chronic pain, arthritis.

The investigator's hypothesis is that patients assigned to TAU+ElderTree will have better quality of life and fewer primary care visits than those assigned to TAU+Internet.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Treatment as usual (TAU) + Internet

Patients in this group will receive TAU+internet and links to helpful websites.

BEHAVIORAL

TAU + ElderTree

For the patient, ElderTree provides tools, motivation, and social support to help them manage their specific set of chronic conditions and communicate with peers and their primary care physician. For the clinic, ElderTree has a Clinician Report (CR), a visual dashboard of health-tracking data that can be customized based on the needs of the clinic. The CR provides alerts to the clinician when a patient passes a certain threshold. The dashboard is intended to help clinicians prepare for patient office visits.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Medical University of South Carolina

    collaborator OTHER

  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Wisconsin, Madison

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • David H Gustafson, PhD · University of Wisconsin, Madison

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-01-01
Primary Completion
2021-06-29
Completion
2021-06-29

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

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