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Frailty and Complexity Among Home Service Recipients

NCT03883425 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 231

Last updated 2020-12-02

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of the study is to develop frailty and complexity computation algorithms based on the French version of the interRAI-HC and, in doing so, to provide homecare nurses with valid and reliable screening tools for their routine practice. By relying on a prospective observational case-control longitudinal study, the study intends to assess the predictive validity of the proposed indices with respect to undesirable health outcomes. Repeated measurement occasions, separated by 6-month intervals, will also allow for estimation of intra-individual change in frailty and complexity. In the study, elders living in the community and aged 65 or older are the target population, and three samples will be considered based on the a priori risks of adverse outcomes (case 1: formal home service recipients; case 2: formal home care recipients; control: free of formal home care or service). These groups will be compared on the observed rates of frailty and complexity and on their evolution over time. Results will allow for identification of subgroups of the aged population for whom early screening of frailty and complexity appears most relevant. Based on the findings, practice guideline will be proposed. They will entail the interpretation of the scores and recommendations for mounting adapted preventive strategies. Finally, the study will contribute to enhancing knowledge on the relation between frailty, a well-known concept in gerontology, and complexity, a concept increasingly referred to in the care literature but that still deserves operational and consensual definitions.

Conditions

  • Frail Elderly Syndrome

Interventions

OTHER

interRAI-HC assessments

Standardized geriatric assessments done with the interRAI-HC instrument (Canadian French version 9.1) by trained nurses

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Swiss National Science Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • Geneva institution for homecare and assistance (imad)

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • School of Health Sciences Geneva

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Catherine Ludwig, PhD · School of Health Sciences Geneva

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-09-01
Primary Completion
2020-11-30
Completion
2020-11-30

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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