Geriatric Trauma Care Program for Living Alone Older Adults With Injuries

NCT ID: NCT06902636

Last Updated: 2025-05-16

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: RECRUITING
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 90 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2025-03-27
• Study Completion Date: 2026-07-31

Brief Summary

To examine the long-term effects of the Geriatric Trauma Care Program (GTCP) regarding pain, functional disability, depression, loneliness, and health-related quality of life among older adults with traumatic injuries who live alone.

Detailed Description

Traumatic injuries among older adults represent a significant public health concern due to their potential to severely affect individuals' long-term physical, emotional, and social well-being. Older adults who experience traumatic injuries often face substantial challenges during recovery, particularly those living alone who may lack sufficient support systems, exacerbating their vulnerability to chronic health issues. Pain, functional disability, depression, loneliness, and diminished health-related quality of life are prevalent adverse outcomes following traumatic injuries, underscoring the critical need for effective, targeted care strategies to address these multidimensional impacts.

The Geriatric Trauma Care Program (GTCP) is a nurse practitioner-led, digitalized trauma care program designed to provide comprehensive and accessible intervention aimed at improving immediate trauma care outcomes and facilitating sustainable recovery among older adults. While short-term benefits of digitally supported, geriatric-focused trauma interventions have been documented, the long-term effectiveness of such programs, especially for older individuals who live alone, remains less understood. Consequently, examining the enduring impact of the GTCP is essential to determine its effectiveness in fostering sustained recovery and improving quality of life for this vulnerable population. This study aims to address this gap by evaluating the long-term effects of the GTCP on pain, functional disability, depression, loneliness, and health-related quality of life among older adults with traumatic injuries who live alone. Findings from this research will provide valuable insights for healthcare providers and policymakers to enhance care delivery models, optimize resource allocation, and ultimately improve long-term outcomes for older adults recovering from traumatic injuries.

Conditions

Limb Injury; Older Adults; Geriatric; Pain; Geriatric Depression; Barthel Index; Quality of Life; Loneliness

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: DOUBLE

Study Groups

Control group

The control group will have the routine care only

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Geriatric Trauma Care Program

The experiment group will implement the Geriatric Trauma Care Program (GTCP) and routine care. The GTCP will be implemented through an E-book that includes six units of intervention for older adults with traumatic injuries who live alone.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Geriatric trauma care program

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

The experiment group will implement the Geriatric trauma care program (GTCP) and routine care. The GTCP will be implemented by a nurse practitioner and equipped with digitalized educational material, including six units of intervention for older adults with traumatic injuries who live alone.

Interventions

Geriatric trauma care program

The experiment group will implement the Geriatric trauma care program (GTCP) and routine care. The GTCP will be implemented by a nurse practitioner and equipped with digitalized educational material, including six units of intervention for older adults with traumatic injuries who live alone.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

1. willing to join this study for three months

2. with limb injuries

3. living alone in a household

4. aged 65 years old or older

5. independent before a traumatic injury

6. having a smartphone.

Exclusion Criteria

1. with an ISS greater than 16 (severe injuries)

2. having cognitive impairments

3. diagnosed with psychiatric illness

• Minimum Eligible Age: 65 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Kaohsiung Medical University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Santo Imanuel Tonapa

Principal investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Bih-O Lee, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

College of Nursing, Kaohsiung Medical University

Locations

Kaohsiung Medical University Chung Ho Memorial Hospital

Kaohsiung City, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Site Status: RECRUITING

Countries

Taiwan

Central Contacts

Bih-O Lee, PhD

Role: CONTACT

biholee@kmu.edu.tw

07-3121101 ext. 2625

Santo Imanuel Tonapa, PhD

Role: CONTACT

i.santonapa@gmail.com

0981979212

Other Identifiers

NSTC113-2314-B-037-050-MY2-1

Identifier Type: OTHER_GRANT

Identifier Source: secondary_id

KMUHIRB-F(I)-20230043

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id