Growing Old at Home

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Aging
• Interventions: Behavioral: preventive home visit

• Registration Number: NCT00644826
• Lead Sponsor: Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether preventive home visits for people aged 80 and over are effective in the prevention of nursing home admission in Germany.

Detailed Description

Regarding demographic changes in Germany it can be assumed that the number of elderly and the resulting need for long term care is increasing in the near future. It is not only an individual's interest but also of public concern to avoid a nursing home admission. Current evidence indicates that preventive home visits can be an effective way to reduce the admission rate in this way making it possible for elderly people to stay longer at home than without home visits. As the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of preventive home visits strongly depends on existing services in the social and health system existing international results cannot be merely transferred to Germany. Therefore it is necessary to investigate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of such an intervention by a randomized controlled trial in Germany.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2007-09
• Study First Submitted: 2008-03-26
• Study First Submitted QC: 2008-03-26
• Study First Posted: 2008-03-27
• Status Verified: 2010-01
• Primary Completion: 2010-03
• Study Completion: 2010-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2010-06-01
• Last Update Posted: 2010-06-03

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 336

Inclusion Criteria

• older than 80
• fluent German speaker
• resident of Leipzig or Halle
• living at home (i.e. no nursing home resident)

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Exclusion Criteria

• cognitive impairment
• not able to give informed consent
• care level higher than 1 according to German long term care insurance

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
1	preventive home visit	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
nursing home admission rate	18 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
health care service utilization and costs	18 months
incremental cost-effectiveness and cost- utility ratio	18 months
health related functioning	18 months
health related quality of life	18 months
prevalence of falls	18 months
time to nursing home admission	18 months

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie, Universitätsklinikum Leipzig AöR; 🇩🇪 Leipzig, SA, Germany

Institut für Gesundheits- und Pflegewissenschaft, Medizinische Fakultät, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg; 🇩🇪 Halle, SAN, Germany