Synergizing Home Health Rehabilitation Therapy

NCT ID: NCT05411393

Last Updated: 2026-01-22

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

47 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-10-06

Study Completion Date

2025-03-15

Brief Summary

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The objective of this project is to pilot test an ADL (activities of daily living)-enhanced program as an adjuvant therapy to usual home health rehabilitation to improve patient outcomes. The project will compare the ADL-enhanced program plus usual care with usual care using an RCT design in home health patients.

Detailed Description

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Regaining the ability to take care of oneself after an illness or medical episode is critical for home health patients to maintain independent living at home. An ADL-enhanced program may augment the effect of home health rehabilitation therapy to support patients' self-care outcomes. Patients will be randomly assigned to two groups: one will receive the ADL-enhanced program with usual home health care, and the other will receive usual home health care. Researchers will compare outcomes in self-care activities and physical performance between the two groups to determine the effect of the ADL-enhanced program.

Conditions

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Frailty Frail Elderly Occupational Therapy Activities of Daily Living Home Health Care Functional Status Physical Functional Performance Rehabilitation Treatment Outcome Health Services for the Aged

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Experimental arm versus the control arm
Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors
The outcome assessor will be blinded to the group allocation of the patients.

Study Groups

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Experimental arm

Research participants in this arm will receive the ADL-enhanced program and usual home health care rehabilitation. The ADL-enhanced program consists of six home visits delivered by a study occupational therapist.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

ADL-enhanced program

Intervention Type OTHER

The ADL-enhanced program consists of six home visits delivered by a study occupational therapy staff. The study therapy staff will use the compensatory approach and the restorative approach during the visits to enhance patients' activity engagement. The compensatory approach uses strategies to reduce the activity demand to make every task easier. For example, using the sitting position to perform self-care tasks. The restorative approach uses strategies to increase the demand of the task to increase the patient's functional capacity. For example, carrying a full-load laundry basket versus an empty laundry basket.

Usual home health rehabilitation therapy

Intervention Type OTHER

Usual home health rehabilitation therapy is prescribed by the home health agency. It often includes occupational therapy and physical therapy delivered in one to three home visits per week for one to two months.

Control arm

Research participants in this arm will receive usual home health care rehabilitation.

Group Type OTHER

Usual home health rehabilitation therapy

Intervention Type OTHER

Usual home health rehabilitation therapy is prescribed by the home health agency. It often includes occupational therapy and physical therapy delivered in one to three home visits per week for one to two months.

Interventions

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ADL-enhanced program

The ADL-enhanced program consists of six home visits delivered by a study occupational therapy staff. The study therapy staff will use the compensatory approach and the restorative approach during the visits to enhance patients' activity engagement. The compensatory approach uses strategies to reduce the activity demand to make every task easier. For example, using the sitting position to perform self-care tasks. The restorative approach uses strategies to increase the demand of the task to increase the patient's functional capacity. For example, carrying a full-load laundry basket versus an empty laundry basket.

Intervention Type OTHER

Usual home health rehabilitation therapy

Usual home health rehabilitation therapy is prescribed by the home health agency. It often includes occupational therapy and physical therapy delivered in one to three home visits per week for one to two months.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* are 65 years of age over older
* are Medicare beneficiaries
* are referred for skilled rehabilitation services at the partnered home health agency
* have three or more comorbidities

Patients are ineligible if they have

* acute fractures with surgical or weight-bearing restrictions,
* elective joint replacement surgery
* lower-extremity amputation
* active treatment for cancer diagnosis
* ongoing dialysis treatment
* acute cardiac surgery,
* acute stroke or a major neurologic disorder limiting motor movements
* terminal stage of congestive heart failure
* a referral to hospice care
* severe cognitive deficits limiting verbal communication.
Minimum Eligible Age

65 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

100 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Institute on Aging (NIA)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Florida

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Chiung-ju Liu, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Florida

Locations

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University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Provided Documents

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Document Type: Study Protocol and Statistical Analysis Plan

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Document Type: Informed Consent Form

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Other Identifiers

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R21AG076972

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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IRB202102816 -N

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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