An assessment for elderly patients in General Practice: Health priorities of the patients, Need of care from GP´s perspective and resulting interventions.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health problems at old age
- Registration Number
- DRKS00000575
- Lead Sponsor
- Institut für AllgemeinmedizinMedizinische Hochschule Hannover
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 836
Inclusion Criteria
72 years and over - capacity of visiting the GP´s practice
- telephone access at home
- signature of informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
- severely impaired hearing
- current legal guardianship
- pre-existing diagnosis of severe dementia
- insufficient German language skills
- participation in another clinical study
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The main objective of this study is to explore the effects of a Standardised Assessment for Elderly Patients in Primary Care (STEP) in combination with the directly following consultation with regard to measurable changes in patient’s perspective concerning his health problems and as compared to a control group. The patients´perspective is explored by ratings of importance and severity (emotional affection and functional hindrance) on a four point-likert skale at baseline and after the follow-up period of three months. <br>In doing so we presume that most problems in older age are chronic conditions and will not vanish over time, but patients’ attitudes towards their problems may alter after discussing them with their GPs and possibly receiving further investigations and treatment. <br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method