ACHRU Community Partnership Program for Diabetes Self-Management for Older Adults

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

295 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-04-01

Study Completion Date

2023-03-31

Brief Summary

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Living with diabetes and other chronic (ongoing) conditions is common in older adults. These individuals have poorer health and higher use of health services compared to older adults with diabetes alone. Programs that help older adults self-manage their diabetes and other health conditions benefit both individuals and the healthcare system. The McMaster University Aging, Community and Health Research Unit developed and tested a new patient-centered, community-based program (CPP) to improve the delivery and outcomes of care for older adults with diabetes and other chronic conditions. This 6-month program was developed in partnership with patients, caregivers, primary and community care providers and researchers. The program is delivered by nurses, dietitians and community providers. It involves in-home or virtual visits by nurses and dietitians, monthly group wellness sessions at community centers or virtually, and monthly virtual team meetings. Wellness sessions include exercise, education, and social support. Caregivers are invited to be active participants along with patients. The program was successfully implemented in Ontario and Alberta. Participants who received the program had better quality of life, self-management, and mental health at no additional cost from a societal perspective compared to those receiving usual care. To determine how the program can best help people, more testing is needed with different communities and groups of people. We will partner with primary healthcare teams (e.g., family doctors' offices) in three provinces to adapt and test the program in a variety of real-world settings. We will assess how to best put this program into practice and measure outcomes important to patients and caregivers so study results are relevant to them. Study findings will guide the development of a plan for expanding the program to reach and benefit more older adults with diabetes and other chronic health conditions. Patients and caregivers will be involved as key partners in all aspects of the research.

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Detailed Description

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The purpose of this study is to examine the implementation and effectiveness of the CPP intervention in new settings and populations to demonstrate widespread effectiveness and ways to adapt CPP for diverse population subgroups and primary care setting and community care contexts. Based on the investigator's previous work, we expect that the CPP intervention will result in a greater improvement in mental health and will be cost neutral relative to usual care because program costs will be offset by lower use of other health services. A cross-jurisdictional, multi-site implementation-effectiveness type II hybrid randomized controlled trial will be conducted. The trial will be conducted in two sites in each of Ontario, Quebec, and Prince Edward Island. Each of the six sites will involve a primary care setting and a community care organization. Study participants will be randomly assigned to the intervention or usual care group. Participants randomly assigned to the intervention group will be offered the 6-month CPP intervention in addition to their usual primary care services offered by their local diabetes education centre or primary care setting. The primary outcome of intervention effectiveness is patient mental health. Other health outcomes for patients and their caregivers will be assessed (e.g., depression, anxiety, use of health and social services etc.). Implementation will be examined in-detail through qualitative evaluations with providers, patients and caregivers. Engagement of patients and caregivers will occur in all stages of the research study. Qualitative evaluation of patients and caregivers as research partners will be conducted through annual evaluations. Patient, Public (e.g., caregivers, knowledge users) and Community (e.g., local providers/representatives) Research Partners will be engaged in the research study by way of the study's established governance structures: Community Advisory Boards, Patient Advisory Council, and Steering Committee. Qualitative evaluation of Patient, Public and Community Research Partners will be conducted to inform implementation of the CPP intervention at the local context and the potential for widespread implementation and scale-up. Both quantitative and qualitative evaluations will be used to interpret study findings, and in the development of scale-up plans.

Conditions

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Multiple Chronic Conditions Diabetes Mellitus

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

A cross-jurisdictional, multi-site implementation-effectiveness type II hybrid randomized controlled trial

Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

TRIPLE

Participants Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Intervention Group

Patients randomly assigned to the intervention group will be offered the ACHRU-Community Partnership Program (CPP) intervention in addition to usual primary care services offered by their local diabetes education centre or primary care setting. The CPP is a 6-month self-management intervention consisting of six core components: 1) home or virtual visits (up to 3) supported by phone calls by either a Registered Nurse (RN) or Registered Dietician (RD); 2) wellness sessions (up to 6, one per month) provided to patients and their caregivers at the location of the community partner or virtually; 3) monthly team case conferences with the provider team; 4) caregiver support; 5) collaboration with the primary care interprofessional team and other specialists; 6) nurse-led care coordination/system navigation.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

ACHRU-Community Partnership Program (CPP)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The intervention is a 6-month community navigation and self-management program for patients with diabetes and at least one additional chronic condition, and their caregivers, to improve health outcomes. The intervention will be provided by an interprofessional team of providers and consists of six core components.

Control Group

Those who are randomly assigned to the control group will continue to be offered usual primary care services through their local diabetes education centre or primary care setting. The services that comprise usual diabetes care vary across the provinces e.g., length and focus of educational sessions, whether classes are strongly recommended versus optional (e.g., foot care, cardiac health, eating and exercise interventions), home visits, access to on-site professionals (e.g., endocrinologist, dietitian, physiotherapist, exercise specialist, pharmacist), connections with support services and community resources, and type of follow-up services available. Details of usual care provided at each site will be recorded.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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ACHRU-Community Partnership Program (CPP)

The intervention is a 6-month community navigation and self-management program for patients with diabetes and at least one additional chronic condition, and their caregivers, to improve health outcomes. The intervention will be provided by an interprofessional team of providers and consists of six core components.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Diagnosis of type 1 or type 2 diabetes
* Aged 65+ years
* Enrolled in a primary care organization
* Diagnosed with at least one other chronic condition
* Residing in the area served by the primary care and community site
* Capable of providing informed consent, or has a substitute decision-maker who is able to provide informed consent on his/her behalf
* Competent in English or has an interpreter who is competent in English for Ontario and Prince Edward Island (PEI) study sites. Patient participants that score 5 or higher on The Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire (SPMSQ) will be eligible as patient participants. Those with scores below 5 will be eligible if they have a proxy decision-maker.

* Identified by the patient participant as an informal family or friend caregiver
* At least 18 years of age
* Provides physical, emotional, or financial care to the patient participant
* Scores 5 or higher on the SPMSQ

* Working with the primary care setting or community partner organization at a study site
* Either a Registered Nurse (RNs) or Registered Dietitian (RDs) at the primary care setting
* A Program Coordinator (PC) from the community partner organization
* A manager of the RN or RD at the primary care setting
* A manager of the PC at the community partner organization

* Older adult living in the community, or
* Community living family or friend caregiver of a person with a diagnosis of diabetes and one or more chronic condition, or
* Community living health provider or manager of persons with diabetes and one or more chronic condition, or
* A knowledge user (e.g. policy maker) who works in health planning or health policy decision making at the community level representative of study sites
* Persons not receiving the CPP intervention