Community Spirit in Residence for the Elderly

Completed

• Conditions: Sense of Community
• Interventions: Other: No intervention

• Registration Number: NCT06441877
• Lead Sponsor: TOPMED

Brief Summary

The objective of our study is to observe and understand factors that emphasizes the creation of a community spirit.

Specific objectives:

1. Explore and understand the facilitators and challenges of social participation in a residential context;

2. Explore and understand the facilitators and challenges of creating a sense of community in a residential setting.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2024-05-03
• Study Start: 2024-05-07
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-06-03
• Primary Completion: 2024-06-04
• Study First Posted: 2024-06-04
• Study Completion: 2025-01-14
• Results First Submitted: 2025-03-17
• Status Verified: 2025-04
• Results First Submitted QC: 2025-04-17
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-04-17
• Results First Posted: 2025-04-20
• Last Update Posted: 2025-04-20

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 27

Inclusion Criteria

For site managers

• Be a manager in the residences concerned
• Be a department manager or
• Hold a General Manager position or
• Be a member of the partner's head office

For residents

• Residents of the autonomous wing of the targeted residences
• Close caregiver of a resident of the residences included in the research project

Exclusion Criteria

• Neurocognitive disorders
• Significant language difficulties
• Lack of verbal communication

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Managers site 1	No intervention	Managers who work for the elderly home care service at site 1
Residents site 2	No intervention	Elderly residents who live in elderly home care service site 2
Residents site 1	No intervention	Elderly residents who live in elderly home care service site 1
Managers site 2	No intervention	Managers who work for the elderly home care service at site 2

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Sense of Community Factors	Up to 1 month after participants' recruitment	13 items questionnaire with open questions in individual interview session format, factors are identified through qualitative analysis.
Sense of Community	Up to two weeks prior to the interview session	9 items questionnaire used to measure the sense of community of the residents. For managers, the measure is their perception of the resident's sense of community. Each item uses a 5 point scale, higher score means higher sense of community, minimum value per item: 1, maximum value per item: 5, minimum total score: 9, maximum total score : 45

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Sense of Community Facilitators	Up to 1 month after participants' recruitment	7 subitems asked in the questionnaire with open questions in individual interview session format, facilitators are identified through qualitative analysis.
Sense of Community Obstacles	Up to 1 month after participants' recruitment	8 subitems asked in the questionnaire with open questions in individual interview session format, obstacles are identified through qualitative analysis.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

TOPMED; 🇨🇦 Québec, Quebec, Canada