View clinical trials related to Multiple Chronic Conditions.
Filter by:The purpose of this study is to refine and pilot test a mobile health (mHealth), video-based family management program for parents of preterm infants hospitalized in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). By moving beyond the basic infant care tasks taught by parenting programs and instead comprehensively training parents to use evidence-based family management skills, we hypothesize that our intervention, called PREEMIE PROGRESS, will better equip parents to meet the chronic, complex healthcare needs of their preterm infant.
The objective of this proposal is to pilot test two types of pre-visit planning, where clinical staff reviews charts and talks to patients before their doctors appointments, to reduce the burden of diabetes care on the patient without increasing the visit workload during busy primary care clinics.
The purpose of this pilot study is to evaluate the feasibility and impact of delivering mobile health self-management interventions to improve adherence to the prescribed treatment in a multimorbid population returning home after hospital discharge.
With the aging population, the prevalence of chronic conditions continues to rise, affecting 1/3 of Canadians. The promotion of physical literacy, defined as "the motivation, confidence, physical competence and knowledge, to take responsibility for engagement in physical activity for life", has emerged as a promising strategy to increase movement for children. However, little is known about how physical literacy can impact aging adults. A working definition of physical literacy for adults focusing on mobility, function and self-monitoring provides opportunity to guide public health programs in addressing the rehabilitation needs of persons living with multiple chronic conditions.
The purpose of this study is to ensure effective health management among community-living older adults during unprecedented times, such as the current COVID-19 pandemic.
The overall aims of this project are to: 1) create a developmentally appropriate interactive educational website for adolescents called DigiKnowIt News: Teen, and 2) examine the feasibility of DigiKnowIt News: Teen in a small randomized control trial with adolescents.
The purpose of this study was to compare the frequency of pain and mean hospital stay in patients with and without drain insertion, following laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acutely inflamed gallbladder.
Background: Persons living with chronic conditions often have decreased ability to perform Activities of Daily Living (ADL) tasks, stressing a need to develop and evaluate intervention programs addressing decreased ADL ability. Guided by the British Medical Research Council's guidance (MRC) on how to develop and evaluate complex interventions, the program "A Better everyday LifE" (ABLE), a home-based intervention program, was developed and feasibility tested. The current phase concerns a full-scale evaluation of the ABLE program including evaluation of effectiveness, processes and cost-effectiveness. Material and Methods: The design involves a randomized controlled trial, initiated with an internal pilot. The study will include eighty (n=80) home dwelling persons living with chronic conditions, experiencing problems performing ADL. Participants are randomized to either intervention (ABLE) or control (usual care). Co-primary outcomes are self-reported ADL ability measured using ADL-Questionnaire (ADL-Q) and observed ADL motor ability measured using Assessment of Motor and Process Skills (AMPS). Secondary outcomes are perceived satisfaction with ADL task performance measured using ADL-Q; observed ADL process ability measured using AMPS; and Goal Attainment measured using Goal-Attainment-Scaling (GAS). Data is collected at baseline, post intervention and six months after baseline. Process evaluation data are collected using registration forms and semi-structured qualitative interviews. The economic evaluation will be performed from a health care sector perspective with 6 months follow-up. Costs will be estimated based on micro costing and national registries. Effects will be Quality Adjusted Life Years and changes in AMPS ADL ability.
The objectives of this project are to to build sustainable regional communities of Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities (IDD) stakeholders to provide ongoing input to research priorities, methodological processes, and relevant person-centered health outcomes; leverage existing Special Olympic infrastructure to nationally disseminate the toolkit in order to increase participation and engagement in research and improve health outcomes; conduct comparative effectiveness trials that incorporate people with IDD focusing on their research priorities.
Parent caregivers of children with chronic conditions who require life-saving technology such as mechanical ventilation or feeding tubes must maintain a high level of vigilance 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. They usually provide a majority of their children's care and are often overwhelmed by the caregiving demands thus neglect health promotion behaviors that result in a deterioration of their own mental and physical health. The goal of this study is to test a cognitive-behavioral resourcefulness intervention that will improve these caregivers' mental and physical health and health promotion behaviors while they continue to provide vital care for these vulnerable children.