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NCT Number: NCT01576133

Reducing Disability Via a Bundled Bio-Behavioral-Environmental Approach

The purpose of the study is to determine whether a combination of occupational therapy visits, nursing visits, and handyman repair are effective in helping low income older adults avoid costly health care services

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Key information

Conditions

Quality of Life

Age range

65 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing

Baltimore, Maryland, 21205, United States

About this study

We will recruit low-income age 65 or older

-principally African-American, adults from the Baltimore Department of Housing Energy Assistance Program.

-We will interview them at home and randomize participants to either the treatment (CAPABLE intervention) or control (attention-control) group. Participants in the treatment group will receive up to 10 in-home sessions -- 6 visits with an occupational therapist and 4 visits from a nurse - and $1200 in safety and modification services from a licensed handyman. Each treatment participant will receive each intervention component but interventionists will systematically tailor content to the participants' risk profile and goals based on protocols.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • at least 65 years old
  • cognitively intact
  • difficulty with at least one activity of daily living or two instrumental activities of daily living
  • less than 175% of the Federal Poverty level
  • be able to stand with or without assistance
  • agree to study participation

Exclusion criteria

  • hospitalized more than three times in the last year
  • receiving in home rehabilitation
  • have a terminal diagnosis with less than one year life expectancy
  • plan to move in less than one year

Treatment and study plan

CAPABLE

Behavioral

Occupational therapy visits plus nursing visits plus handyman repair

Attention visits

Behavioral

Participants in the attention control arm will receive 10 one hour visits over the course of 16 weeks. These visits will consist of sedentary activities

Primary outcomes

  1. Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)

    Time frame: 5 months

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Johns Hopkins University

Other

Collaborators

  • National Institute on Aging (NIA)

Registry information

Acronym: CAPABLE

Important dates

Study start
2012
Primary completion
2017
Study completion
2017
First posted
Apr 12, 2012
Registry last updated
Jul 2, 2018

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