Growing Old at Home

NCT ID: NCT00644826

Last Updated: 2010-06-03

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

336 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2007-09-30

Study Completion Date

2010-03-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to determine whether preventive home visits for people aged 80 and over are effective in the prevention of nursing home admission in Germany.

Detailed Description

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Regarding demographic changes in Germany it can be assumed that the number of elderly and the resulting need for long term care is increasing in the near future. It is not only an individual's interest but also of public concern to avoid a nursing home admission. Current evidence indicates that preventive home visits can be an effective way to reduce the admission rate in this way making it possible for elderly people to stay longer at home than without home visits. As the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of preventive home visits strongly depends on existing services in the social and health system existing international results cannot be merely transferred to Germany. Therefore it is necessary to investigate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of such an intervention by a randomized controlled trial in Germany.

Conditions

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Aging

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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1

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

preventive home visit

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

A multidimensional geriatric assessment within the dimensions: cognition, health related functioning, risk of falling, nutritional status, social situation, economic situation, mood. Two more home visits: (1) home counseling visit 2-3 weeks after assessment (2) booster session 1 month after home counseling visit

2

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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preventive home visit

A multidimensional geriatric assessment within the dimensions: cognition, health related functioning, risk of falling, nutritional status, social situation, economic situation, mood. Two more home visits: (1) home counseling visit 2-3 weeks after assessment (2) booster session 1 month after home counseling visit

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

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geriatric assessment

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* older than 80
* fluent German speaker
* resident of Leipzig or Halle
* living at home (i.e. no nursing home resident)

Exclusion Criteria

* cognitive impairment
* not able to give informed consent
* care level higher than 1 according to German long term care insurance
Minimum Eligible Age

80 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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German Federal Ministry of Education and Research

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role collaborator

Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg

Principal Investigators

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Johann Behrens, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg

Steffi Riedel-Heller, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Universität Leipzig

Locations

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Institut für Gesundheits- und Pflegewissenschaft, Medizinische Fakultät, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg

Halle, SAN, Germany

Site Status

Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie, Universitätsklinikum Leipzig AöR

Leipzig, SA, Germany

Site Status

Countries

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Germany

References

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Brettschneider C, Luck T, Fleischer S, Roling G, Beutner K, Luppa M, Behrens J, Riedel-Heller SG, Konig HH. Cost-utility analysis of a preventive home visit program for older adults in Germany. BMC Health Serv Res. 2015 Apr 3;15:141. doi: 10.1186/s12913-015-0817-0.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 25884452 (View on PubMed)

Fleischer S, Roling G, Beutner K, Hanns S, Behrens J, Luck T, Kuske B, Angermeyer MC, Riedel-Heller SG, Heinrich S, Konig HH, Lautenschlager C. Growing old at home - a randomized controlled trial to investigate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of preventive home visits to reduce nursing home admissions: study protocol [NCT00644826]. BMC Public Health. 2008 May 28;8:185. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-185.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 18507840 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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PfVMS-T5

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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