Feasibility of VOICES Elder Abuse Intervention in Primary Care Setting (VOICES-PC Feasibility)

Phase 1

Completed

• Conditions: Elder Abuse
• Interventions: Behavioral: Virtual cOaching in making Informed Choices on Elder Mistreatment Self-Disclosure (VOICES)

• Registration Number: NCT05224843
• Lead Sponsor: Yale University

Brief Summary

To test an interactive intervention to screen for Elder Abuse and Mistreatment (EM) in the Primary Care (PC) setting to promote self-identification and self-disclosure of EM.

Detailed Description

The aim of this study is to perform a feasibility evaluation (N=80) of the VOICES screening tool among older adults in the primary care setting. If VOICES is feasible for identifying suspicion of EM in primary care setting, then it will be able to connect more victims of EM to necessary services and potentially prevent a multitude of poor EM outcomes

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-12-17
• Study First Submitted: 2022-01-25
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-01-25
• Study First Posted: 2022-02-04
• Primary Completion: 2022-06-22
• Study Completion: 2022-06-22
• Results First Submitted: 2023-06-14
• Status Verified: 2023-07
• Results First Submitted QC: 2023-07-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-07-11
• Results First Posted: 2023-07-17
• Last Update Posted: 2023-07-17

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 80

Inclusion Criteria

• Age 60 years or older
• Alert and oriented to person and place
• Abbreviated Mental Test (AMT-4) score of 4
• Able to consent and communicate in English
• Agrees and able to use the iPad

Exclusion Criteria

• subjects who live in nursing homes or other long-term care sitting and do not reside in community setting
• patients will be excluded if they cannot safely undergo the studies required for participation
• subjects with clear signs of EM
• Patient or clinician refusal to participate
• severe hearing and vision impairment
• COVID-19 positive

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Older adults in Primary Care setting	Virtual cOaching in making Informed Choices on Elder Mistreatment Self-Disclosure (VOICES)	Elder mistreatment in the Primary Care setting.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Participation	5-10 minutes before VOICES intervention use.	Participation will be determined by the number of patients enrolled in VOICES. Successful enrollment of 80 older adults (N=80).
Usage	5-10 minutes directly following VOICES intervention.	Usage will be determined by the number of patients enrolled in the study that complete the VOICES tool. Our target is to enroll 80 older adults (N=80).

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Yale Internal Medicine Associates; 🇺🇸 New Haven, Connecticut, United States