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NCT number NCT00105378
Other study ID # GEREASYEFF014-91-055
Secondary ID 014-91-055
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date April 2003
Est. completion date July 2005

Study information

Verified date August 2007
Source Radboud University Medical Center
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to study the effects of nursing home visits in independently living elderly people on their functional performance and health-related quality of life. The general practitioner (GP) can refer elderly people to this intervention model after identification of a problem in cognition, mood, behavior, mobility, or nutrition. A specialist geriatric nurse visits the patients at home up to six times and coaches the patient in cooperation with the GP and geriatrician.


Description:

General practitioners (GPs) in the Western world have to anticipate the increasing age and health care demands of their patients. A considerable proportion of those older patients have reduced functional status and quality of life, which may affect their feelings of autonomy and ability to live independently. Even with considerable disability, most patients prefer to stay at home. Because of their complex clinical presentations and needs, these patients require a special approach to their evaluation and care. Intermediate care is a possible answer to these changing demands, although the efficacy of these programs is a subject of vivid debate. With the Dutch Geriatric Intermediate Care Programme (DGIP) we developed an Intermediate Care model to study efficacy aspects of problem based intermediate care. DGIP is an intermediate care program in which the GP refers elderly patients with a problem in cognition, mood, behavior, mobility, and nutrition. A geriatric specialist nurse applies a guideline based intervention in a maximum of six visits during a maximum of three months. The nurse starts the intervention with the application of the EASYcare instrument for geriatric screening. The EASYcare instrument assesses (instrumental) activities of daily life, cognition, mood, and includes a goal setting item. During the intervention the nurse regularly consults the referring GP and a geriatrician. Objectives - To determine the effects of the Dutch EASYcare Study Geriatric Intermediate care Programme compared to regular medical care in improving health related quality of life in independently living elderly persons and their informal caregivers who contact the GP with one of a variety of geriatric problems. - To determine the costs of the Dutch EASYcare Study Geriatric Intermediate care Programme.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 155
Est. completion date July 2005
Est. primary completion date
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 70 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: - 70 years of age and over - The patient lives independently or in a home for the aged - The patient has a health problem that was recently presented to the GP by the patient or informal caregiver - The request for help is related to the following problem fields: cognitive disorders, behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia, mood disorders, mobility disorders and falling, or malnutrition - The patient/informal caregiver and GP have determined a goal they want to achieve - Fulfill one or more of these criteria: MMSE (Mini Mental State Examination) equal to or less than 26, GARS (Groningen Activity Restriction Scale) equal to or greater than 25 or MOS-20/subscale mental health equal to or less than 75 Exclusion Criteria: - The problem or request for help has an acute nature, urging for action (medical or otherwise) within less than one week - The problem or request for help is merely a medical diagnostic issue, urging for action only physicians (GP or specialist) can offer - MMSE < 20 or proved moderate to severe dementia (Clinical Dementia Rating scale [CDR] > 1, 0) and no informal caregiver (no informal caregiver is defined as: no informal caregiver who meets the patient for at least once a week on average) - The patient receives other forms of intermediate care or health care from a social worker or community-based geriatrician - The patient is already on the waiting list for a nursing home because of the problem the patient is presented with in our study - Predicted prognosis < 6 months because of terminal illness

Study Design


Intervention

Behavioral:
Dutch EASYcare Study Geriatric Intermediate Care Programme


Locations

Country Name City State
Netherlands Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre Nijmegen Gelderland

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Radboud University Medical Center ZonMw: The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Netherlands, 

References & Publications (2)

Borm GF, Melis RJ, Teerenstra S, Peer PG. Pseudo cluster randomization: a treatment allocation method to minimize contamination and selection bias. Stat Med. 2005 Dec 15;24(23):3535-47. doi: 10.1002/sim.2200. — View Citation

Richardson J. The Easy-Care assessment system and its appropriateness for older people. Nurs Older People. 2001 Oct;13(7):17-9. doi: 10.7748/nop.13.7.17.s15. No abstract available. — View Citation

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Functional performance (independent) activities of daily living measured using Groningen Activity Restriction Scale 3 months
Primary Mental health using subscale mental health MOS-20 3 months
Primary Informal caregiver burden using Zarit Burden Interview 3 months
Secondary Type of residence (independent, home for the elderly, nursing home) 3 months
Secondary Cost effectiveness 6 months
Secondary Mobility using Timed Up and Go test 3 months
Secondary Overall health related Quality of life using MOS-20 3 months
Secondary Well-being using Cantril Self-anchoring ladder and Dementia Quality of Life 3 months
Secondary Cognition using Mini Mental State Examination 6 months
Secondary Social functioning using Loneliness scale de Jong-Gierveld 3 months
Secondary Subjective treatment effects using Patient Enablement Instrument 3 months
Secondary Mortality within a period of maximum two years
Secondary Time spent on care by informal caregiver 3 months
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