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Self Care for Older Persons in Singapore: An Intervention Study

NCT01672177 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 400

Last updated 2015-04-16

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The main aim of the project is to evaluate a self-care intervention program aimed at enhancing the ability of mildly disabled and healthy older persons in Singapore to manage their health.

A secondary aim of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of training community health workers located within Senior Activity Centres in Singapore to support the self-care capacity development amongst older persons in the locale.

Conditions

  • Health Services, Geriatric

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Chronic disease self-management training

Those in the intervention group will receive two hour long weekly training sessions for seven-eight months (a total of 56 hours of training).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National University of Singapore

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • David B Matchar, MD · Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
55 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-08-31
Primary Completion
2014-10-31
Completion
2014-10-31

Countries

  • Singapore

Study Locations

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Read the full study record

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