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Reducing Disability Following Hospital Discharge in Vulnerable Older Adults: The CAPABLE Intervention

NCT03456128 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 268

Last updated 2025-10-15

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Summary

This study evaluates whether the utilization of integrated health services such as help with medications, muscle strengthening, balance training, pain management and home modification interventions can help improve older adults' ability to sleep, balance, walk, and take care of themselves after hospitalization.

Conditions

  • Disability Physical

Interventions

OTHER

CAPABLE

It involves up to 10 in-home tailored interventions of approximately 60 minutes duration each over a 5-month period. The assessment driven interventions are delivered by an Occupational Therapist (OT) (≤ 6 home visits for ≤ 1hour), a Registered Nurse (RN) (≤ 4 home visits for ≤ 1hour), and a handyman (HM) team.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Sarah L. Szanton, PhD, RN · Johns Hopkins University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-08-25
Primary Completion
2023-09-11
Completion
2025-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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