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Home-based Psychoeducation for Older Adults With Frailty: A Feasibility Trial

NCT06415617 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 24

Last updated 2024-05-16

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Summary

This study aims to test the feasibility and acceptability of home-based psychoeducation in older adults with frailty in the community. The main questions it aims to answer are

1. Are the proposed eligibility criteria for participants and the study process in recruiting and retaining the participants appropriate?
2. Is home-based psychoeducation feasible and acceptable for older adults with frailty in the community?

Participants will receive 12 weekly online group-based sessions at their homes. The content for the experimental group and control group is different:

* Intervention group: psychoeducation
* Control group: physical health education

Participants will receive two home visits for data collection. An individual interview will be conducted with participants in the experimental group to explore their experiences.

Conditions

  • Frailty
  • Well-Being, Psychological

Interventions

OTHER

Psychoeducation

The content of psychoeducation is based on "Five Ways of Well-being" which covers "Be active", "Connect", "Take Notice", "Keep learning" and "Giving" . The participants will be engaged in psychoeducation through group discussion, individualised goal setting and reflective exercises.

OTHER

Attention control

The content of the sessions mainly focuses on physical health information, such as healthy eating, physical exercise, prevention of falls, and pain management.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • TAO An

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-11-24
Primary Completion
2024-04-09
Completion
2024-04-09

Countries

  • Hong Kong

Study Locations

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Diseases

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