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Bring Communities and Technology Together for Healthy Aging

NCT ID: NCT02128789

Last Updated: 2016-10-27

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

600 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2011-06-30

Study Completion Date

2016-05-31

Brief Summary

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Technology has been created to help older adults age well in their homes, but adoption and acceptance have been slow. The researchers are developing a low-cost web-based technology, called Elder Tree, for older adults and caregivers to address key challenges older adults face, such as loneliness and isolation, falls, loss of driving privileges, relapsing from proven falls prevention strategies, and unreliable home services. Elder Tree is being developed and tested with older adults and caregivers to identify, 1) usability issues such as font size, navigation and interface (audio, video,text) and 2) content and tailoring issues such as identifying local resources and events. This study will employ a randomized longitudinal design comparing a control group to an intervention group over a 12-month period. Investigators hypothesize that older adults using Elder Tree will experience greater independence and quality of life when compared to the control group. Investigators will use quantitative measures to determine how much our intervention improves: quality of life and health system use. These measures will help us to determine the cost effectiveness of Elder Tree. Investigators will recruit and test Elder Tree in 3 Regional Aging and Disability Resource Centers; one urban, one suburban and one rural setting, so to account for environmental and community differences. The older adult and their caregiver will be randomized to the same treatment group. Investigators will measure the effect over the 12 month intervention period and a 6 month follow-up period at 18 months.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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65 Years Older Requires IADL Support Past Year History of Falls and/or Hospitalization

Keywords

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Older Adults Caregivers Aging Support

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

TRIPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators

Study Groups

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Control Condition

Subjects receive usual care and support. No study intervention provided

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Elder Tree Condition

Elder Tree website. Subjects receive usual care, support and access to the study intervention website.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Elder Tree website

Intervention Type OTHER

Elder Tree is a private, secure information, support and communication website developed for this study.

Interventions

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Elder Tree website

Elder Tree is a private, secure information, support and communication website developed for this study.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* 65 years or older
* In need of IADL support
* 1 years history or risk of hospitalization or falls
* Resident of the following counties Milwaukee, WI, Waukesha Wi or Richland County
* Must be able to read English at a 6th grade level.

Exclusion Criteria

* Under 65 years of age
* Unable to read English
* Not a resident of the above listed counties.
Minimum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Institutes of Health (NIH)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

FED

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Wisconsin, Madison

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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University of WI Madison

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Drahota A, Udell JE, Mackenzie H, Pugh MT. Psychological and educational interventions for preventing falls in older people living in the community. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2024 Oct 3;10(10):CD013480. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013480.pub2.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 39360568 (View on PubMed)

Gustafson DH Sr, Kornfield R, Mares ML, Johnston DC, Cody OJ, Yang EF, Gustafson DH Jr, Hwang J, Mahoney JE, Curtin JJ, Tahk A, Shah DV. Effect of an eHealth intervention on older adults' quality of life and health-related outcomes: a randomized clinical trial. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 Feb;37(3):521-530. doi: 10.1007/s11606-021-06888-1. Epub 2021 Jun 7.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 34100234 (View on PubMed)

Gustafson DH Sr, McTavish F, Gustafson DH Jr, Mahoney JE, Johnson RA, Lee JD, Quanbeck A, Atwood AK, Isham A, Veeramani R, Clemson L, Shah D. The effect of an information and communication technology (ICT) on older adults' quality of life: study protocol for a randomized control trial. Trials. 2015 Apr 25;16:191. doi: 10.1186/s13063-015-0713-2.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 25909465 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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5P50HS019917-04

Identifier Type: AHRQ

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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HS019917

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

2013-0171

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id