Frail Elderly Persons Clinical Trial
Official title:
Elderly Persons at the Risk Zone - a Randomized Controlled Trial of a Community Based Preventive Multiprofessional Program for Old Persons at Risk of Frailty
The present study "Elderly person in the risk zone" form part of the research programme
"Support for frail elderly persons - from prevention to palliation" (www.
Vardalinstitutet.net) which comprises research into three interventions. A fundamental
principle in the research programme is that it comprises interventions addressing frail
elderly person in different phases of the disablement process, from elderly persons who are
beginning to develop frailty to very frail elderly persons receiving palliative care in the
final period of their lives. The interventions also address the different requirements that
arise with regard to professional contributions during the various phases of the ageing and
disease process, ranging from health promotion to a need for an increasing degree of medical
care, nursing, special care and rehabilitation, and finally, efforts that promote symptom
relief, quality of life, security and satisfaction with care during the final period of
life. The intervention "Elderly persons in the risk zone" addresses elderly persons that are
on the point of developing frailty ("pre-frail") and are beginning to feel that they are
being hindered from taking part in everyday activities. The hypothesis is that if an
intervention is made when the persons are not so frail, it is possible to prevent/delay
deterioration.
1. Can a health-promoting and preventive intervention for "prefrail" elderly persons:
- prevent frailty, activity limitations and morbidity,
- be a supportive factor in the social and physical environment,
- affect life satisfaction
- have an impact on the consumption of care
- be cost-effective?
2. How do the frail elderly persons experience the intervention and its importance to
health?
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Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Investigator), Primary Purpose: Prevention