DETECT-RPC Universal EM Screening

Elder Abuse Clinical Trial

— DETECT-RPC  

Official title:

Detection of Elder Mistreatment Through Emergency Care Technicians - Revised for Primary Care (DETECT-RPC) Universal EM Screening

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05958654
• Other study ID #: DETECT-RPC
• Secondary ID: R61AG078523
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: August 31, 2024
• Est. completion date: August 31, 2027

Study information

• Verified date: July 2023
• Source: The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
• Contact: Michael B Cannell, PhD,MPH
• Phone: 972-546-2925
• Email: Michael.B.Cannell[@]uth.tmc.edu
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether the use of the Detection of Elder Mistreatment Through Emergency Care Technicians-Revised for Primary Care (DETECT-RPC) screening tool increases the average reporting of elder mistreatment (EM) by homebased primary care (HBPC) clinicians.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 43
• Est. completion date: August 31, 2027
• Est. primary completion date: August 31, 2027
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria (physicians):

• clinician who actively provides home-based primary care to patients enrolled in one of our partner home-based primary care programs at least part time.

Exclusion Criteria:

-

Inclusion Criteria (patients):

• in home-based primary care

• 60 years or older

• seen by a clinician participating in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

-

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Elder Abuse

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Detection of Elder mistreatment Through Emergency Care Technicians-Revised for Primary Care (DETECT-RPC) screening tool
DETECT-RPC is an elder mistreatment (EM) screening tool designed for medics who respond to older adults' homes and will be adapted for home-based primary care (HBPC). The DETECT-RPC tool is designed to (1) be brief, (2) be based on the clinician's direct observations of the older adult and the older adult's physical and social environment, (3) provide reporting guidance, and (4) be integrated into their existing procedures and medical charting software.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	John Hopkins University Medicine International	Baltimore	Maryland
United States	University of Alabama at Birmingham	Birmingham	Alabama
United States	University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center	Dallas	Texas
United States	Baylor College of Medicine	Houston	Texas
United States	The University of Texas health Science Center at Houston( LBJ House Calls Program)	Houston	Texas
United States	The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston( UT Physicians House Calls Program)	Houston	Texas
United States	University of California San Francisco	San Francisco	California

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston	National Institute on Aging (NIA)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	number of reports of EM	Data will be collected on the number of reports of EM made by clinicians to the appropriate authorities [for example, adult protective services (APS)]	from randomization to termination of data collection (3 years)
Primary	Mortality	Mortality among patients will be assessed among patients enrolled in the partner home-based primary care programs.	from randomization to termination of data collection (3 years)