Feasibility of a patient-centred biopsychosocial blended collaborative care pathway for the treatment of multimorbid elderly patients

Not Applicable

• Conditions: MultimorbidityMental comorbidity / distress; I50; Heart failure

• Registration Number: DRKS00027320
• Lead Sponsor: niversitätsmedizin Göttingen

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-12-01
• Study Completion: 2022-06-23
• Results First Posted: 2023-05-01
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 10

Inclusion Criteria

1. Patients aged 65 years
2. Physician-diagnosed chronic heart failure
3. Two or more physician-diagnosed medical comorbidities
4. Elevated psychological distress (HADS total score >12) and/or diagnosed mental disorder(s).

Exclusion Criteria

1. Life expectancy <1 year due to causes other than heart failure
2. Communication barriers (e.g., no telephone, severe hearing impairment, inability to speak, read and understand the language of the country of recruitment)
3. Severe mental disorder needing specific psychiatric treatment and / or interfering with the study treatment, e.g. bipolar disorder, active suicidality, schizophrenia, severe dementia. Current psychosomatic or psychotherapeutic treatment is not an exclusion criterion.
4. Permanently living in a nursing home
5. Being permanently bedridden

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The endpoints of the feasibility study are qualitative and quantitative measures of the feasibility and patient acceptance of the study-related diagnostic procedures and the study intervention.