Effectiveness of a community healthcare package aimed at improving the accessibility of healthcare services for the elderly in Colombo District
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Accessibility to primary healthcare services
- Registration Number
- SLCTR/2019/003
- Lead Sponsor
- H N A Fonseka
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
Male and female elders who are aged 60 years and above.
Resident in Colombo district , continuously for six months prior to the survey.
Exclusion Criteria
Institutionalized elderly
Elderly who exhibit physical and mental incompetence.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Healthcare service utilisation - following service utilization indicators will be used<br><br><br>1.1 Percentage of elderly referred for appropriate care after the geriatric assessment out of those who participated in the geriatric assessment module.Elderly identified with ailments will be referred to necessary healthcare centers by the Medical officer who carried out the assessment.<br><br><br>1.2. Percentage of elderly who participate in at least two sessions of the community health care package out of those who selected to participate. [6 weeks after the implementation of the intervention ]<br>Health care access will be measured at the end of the intervention by using a questionnaire on availability and acceptability of the services provided through community healthcare package and improvement in health access will be determined by the scores obtained. [ 6 weeks after the implementation of the intervention ]<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Health knowledge score- a questionnaire was formulated to assess the health knowledge on disease prevention, health promotion and chronic disease management. Improvement in the health knowledge will be determined by comparison of scores obtained before and after the intervention [At baseline - at the beginning of the intervention and six weeks after the implementation of the intervention.]<br>