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NCT Number: NCT00249925

Project ABLE:Advancing Better Living for Elders

The specific aims of the study are to: 1) test the effectiveness of a home-bases intervention to improve home safety, fall efficacy and functional performance; 2) determine if the use of environmental strategies results in occurrence of less negative health events (falls and depression); 3) compare types of environmental strategies accepted and used under different treatment conditions; and 4) evaluate the cost-effectiveness of the intervention program.

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Key information

Conditions

Frail Elderly

Age range

70 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 3

Primary location

Philadelphia Corporation for Aging (PCA)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19130, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • 70 years or older
  • community dwelling
  • functional vulnerability/HRCA vulnerability index= >1 problem area

Exclusion criteria

  • Mini-Mental Status Examination (MMSE) score of less than or equal to 23
  • legal blindness
  • bed bound
  • nursing home placement or relocation expected within 12 months of study eligibility

Treatment and study plan

Home-Based Intervention

Behavioral

Multi-component home-based intervention

Behavioral

Primary outcomes

  1. Functional difficulty

  2. Fear of falling

  3. Self-efficacy

Secondary outcomes

  1. Home hazards

  2. Control oriented strategy use

  3. Mortality

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Thomas Jefferson University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Enhancing Function of Frail Elders At Home

Important dates

Study start
2000
Primary completion
2004
Study completion
2005
First posted
Nov 7, 2005
Registry last updated
Apr 26, 2016

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