Trial Outcomes & Findings for I Am Able: Population Based Rehabilitation in a Family Health Team (NCT NCT00859638)

Results Overview

The PFI is used to assess physical functioning in older adults. It contains 21 tasks from 4 subscales: activities of daily living, instrumental activities of daily living, mobility, moderate activities. A series of questions is used to determine whether the person experiences difficulty in completing a task, the level of difficulty they experience, and any changes to the method and/or frequency of task performance. The PFI is sensitive to steps in the natural history of functional decline that are often not assessed clinically. Range of scores: 0 (most difficulty); 100 (least difficulty).

Recruitment status

COMPLETED

Study phase

NA

Target enrollment

124 participants

Primary outcome timeframe

4 months

Results posted on

2010-06-22

Participant Flow

Participants were recruited from two distinct locations of the McMaster Family Health Team.

Participant milestones

Participant milestones
Measure	Intervention Group Rehabilitation self-management group, on-line self monitoring of physical function, and organizational capacity building.	Case Matched Controls Usual care in primary health care.
Overall Study STARTED	65	59
Overall Study COMPLETED	55	55
Overall Study NOT COMPLETED	10	4

Reasons for withdrawal

Reasons for withdrawal
Measure	Intervention Group Rehabilitation self-management group, on-line self monitoring of physical function, and organizational capacity building.	Case Matched Controls Usual care in primary health care.
Overall Study Lost to Follow-up	6	1
Overall Study Withdrawal by Subject	3	2
Overall Study Ill health	1	1

Baseline Characteristics

I Am Able: Population Based Rehabilitation in a Family Health Team

Baseline characteristics by cohort

Baseline characteristics by cohort
Measure	Intervention Group n=65 Participants Rehabilitation self-management group, on-line self monitoring of physical function, and organizational capacity building.	Case Matched Controls n=59 Participants Usual care in primary health care.	Total n=124 Participants Total of all reporting groups
Age, Categorical <=18 years	0 Participants n=5 Participants	0 Participants n=7 Participants	0 Participants n=5 Participants
Age, Categorical Between 18 and 65 years	40 Participants n=5 Participants	37 Participants n=7 Participants	77 Participants n=5 Participants
Age, Categorical >=65 years	25 Participants n=5 Participants	22 Participants n=7 Participants	47 Participants n=5 Participants
Age Continuous	63.57 years STANDARD_DEVIATION 11.81 • n=5 Participants	62.62 years STANDARD_DEVIATION 10.48 • n=7 Participants	63.08 years STANDARD_DEVIATION 11.05 • n=5 Participants
Sex: Female, Male Female	43 Participants n=5 Participants	42 Participants n=7 Participants	85 Participants n=5 Participants
Sex: Female, Male Male	22 Participants n=5 Participants	17 Participants n=7 Participants	39 Participants n=5 Participants
Region of Enrollment Canada	65 participants n=5 Participants	59 participants n=7 Participants	124 participants n=5 Participants

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: 4 months

The PFI is used to assess physical functioning in older adults. It contains 21 tasks from 4 subscales: activities of daily living, instrumental activities of daily living, mobility, moderate activities. A series of questions is used to determine whether the person experiences difficulty in completing a task, the level of difficulty they experience, and any changes to the method and/or frequency of task performance. The PFI is sensitive to steps in the natural history of functional decline that are often not assessed clinically. Range of scores: 0 (most difficulty); 100 (least difficulty).

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure	Intervention Group n=65 Participants Rehabilitation self-management group, on-line self monitoring of physical function, and organizational capacity building.	Case Matched Controls n=59 Participants Usual care in primary health care.
Physical Functioning Inventory (PFI)	5.50 units on a scale Standard Deviation 12.14	2.96 units on a scale Standard Deviation 10.81

Serious events: 0 serious events

Other events: 0 other events

Deaths: 0 deaths

Case Matched Controls

Serious events: 0 serious events

Other events: 0 other events

Deaths: 0 deaths

Serious adverse events

Adverse event data not reported

Other adverse events

Adverse event data not reported

Additional Information

Dr. Julie Richardson

McMaster University

Phone: (905) 525-9140

Email: [email protected]

Results disclosure agreements

Principal investigator is a sponsor employee
Publication restrictions are in place