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NCT Number: NCT05837728

Health Determinants in Older Adults Living At Home

The observational study will conduct interprofessional assessments by registered nurses, physiotherapists, and occupational therapists of health determinants (i.e., frailty, physical, cognitive, and sensory function, mental and social health, and alcohol use) in older adults (≥75) living at home and applying for a municipal health service. The participants will take part in two assessments, baseline and 5 months. Based on the baseline assessment healthcare professionals will identify factors that can affect older adults' health, provide tailored information, offer measures, and link with proper health services. The aim is that older adults maintain health, function, and self-care and thus can continue aging at home. The main research question is:) How can interprofessional assessments of older adults living at home reduce the risk of impaired function, maintain health and ensure that the elderly receive tailored services?

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Key information

Conditions

Frailty Abnormalities, Multiple Alcohol Drinking Alcohol Use, Unspecified Behavior Blindness Cognitive Function, Social 1 Congenital Abnormalities Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities Deaf-Blind Disorders Deafness Drinking Behavior Ear Diseases Eye Diseases Healthy Aging Hearing Disorders Hearing Loss Mental Health Issue Nervous System Diseases Neurologic Manifestations Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases Pathologic Processes Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Sensation Disorders Signs and Symptoms Social Adjustment Social Behavior Social Functioning Vision Disorders Vision and Hearing Loss

Age range

75 year–105 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Stavanger kommune

Stavanger, Rogaland, 4068, Norway

About this study

The population of older adults is rapidly increasing worldwide and in Norway. A present and future challenge is to provide adequate health and care services to older persons. It is imperative to organize the services in a manner that is both adequate for the older persons in need of help and sustainable for health and care services and society. A way to ensure this is to facilitate and promote measures allowing older adults to age well at home. Accordingly, it is of great importance to enable older adults to engage with health determinants that influence their daily life actively. One area of importance is assessing health determinants and acting upon indications of functional decline, cognitive and sensory impairments, and frailty.

The observational study will assess how interprofessional assessments of health determinants in older adults living at home can promote health and reduce the risk of functional decline. The study participants will take part in two assessments of health determinants including frailty, physical, cognitive, and sensory function, mental and social health, and alcohol use. Based on results from the baseline assessment healthcare personnel will identify factors that can affect the older adult's health, provide tailored information to strengthen health literacy, and offer measures available in the health services in the municipality. The second assessment 5 months after baseline will reveal if tailoring measures and services have contributed to maintaining and supporting the older person's health and reduced the risk of functional decline. The aim of the project is that the elderly living at home maintains health, function, and self-care and thus can have more good days at home.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Older adults, age ≥75, live at home, being cognitively able to give informed consent, apply for a public health and care service from the municipality, and have a service need for more than two weeks approved by the municipality

Exclusion criteria

  • <75 years, cognitive impairment, in need of palliative services

Treatment and study plan

Health promoting assessment of older adults living at home

Behavioral

Based on the results of the first assessment of the older person's health determinants, healthcare professionals will recommend and tailor measures to the individual's needs to reduce the risk of functional decline and maintain their health while living at home.

Primary outcomes

  1. Measure of Physical function

    Time frame: Baseline and 5 Months

    Change in the older adult's physical function will be measured with the "Short Physical Performance Battery". Values: 0-4. A higher score means better physical function.

  2. Measure of cognitive function

    Time frame: Baseline and 5 Months

    Change in the older adult's cognitive function will be measured with the "MiniCog" screening tool for cognitive impairment.

    Values: 0-4. We use a cut-off value of <4 points which is recommended, as this may indicate a need for further investigation of cognitive status.

  3. Measure of clinical frailty

    Time frame: Baseline and 5 Months

    Change in frailty will be measured with the "Global Measure of frailty and fitness in elderly people".

    Values: 0-9. A higher score means a high level of frailty.

  4. Measure of lonliness

    Time frame: Baseline and 5 Months

    Change in lonliness will be measured with "The Short UCLA Lonliness scale". Values: 0-3. A higher score means a high level of lonliness.

  5. Measure of depression

    Time frame: Baseline and 5 Months

    To assess change in depression in old age, we will use the 4-item Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS).Values: 0-1. A cut-off score >0 indicates depression

  6. Measure of alcohol use

    Time frame: Baseline and 5 Months

    For assessment of change in alcohol consumption, we will use the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT-C) 4 items. Values:0-12.The AUDIT-C is scored on a scale of 0-12 (scores of 0 reflect no alcohol use). In men, a score of 4 or more is considered positive; in women, a score of 3 or more is considered positive. Generally, the higher the AUDIT-C score, the more likely it is that the person's drinking is affecting his/her health.

  7. Measure of vision

    Time frame: Baseline and 5 Months

    Change in vision will be measured with a structured vision assessment tool called KROSS (a Norwegian acronym for Competence, Rehabilitation of Sight after Stroke) developed by the University of South-Eastern Norway in collaboration with the Vestre Viken Hospital Trust and stroke survivor organizations. The KROSS tool includes assessments of visual acuity, visual field, eye alignment and movements, and visual attention.

  8. Measure of hearing

    Time frame: Baseline and 5 Months

    Change in hearing will be measured with the Combined Serious Sensory Impairment (Kombinert Alvorlig Sansesvikt) KAS- Screen interview guide. The questions used in our study come from the hearing and verbal communication/social life subscales.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Stavanger

Other

Collaborators

  • Stavanger Municipality, Norway

Registry information

Official study title

More Good Days At Home: Advancing Health-promoting Practices in Municipal Healthcare Services for Older Recipients of Home Care

Important dates

Study start
2023
Primary completion
2024
Study completion
2024
First posted
May 1, 2023
Registry last updated
Dec 12, 2024

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