DETECT-RPC Universal EM Screening

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Elder Abuse; Elder Mistreatment
• Interventions: Behavioral: Detection of Elder mistreatment Through Emergency Care Technicians-Revised for Primary Care (DETECT-RPC) screening tool

• Registration Number: NCT05958654
• Lead Sponsor: The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether the use of the Detection of Elder Mistreatment Through Emergency Care Technicians-Revised for Primary Care (DETECT-RPC) screening tool increases the average reporting of elder mistreatment (EM) by homebased primary care (HBPC) clinicians.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2023-07-14
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-07-14
• Study First Posted: 2023-07-24
• Study Start: 2025-02-18
• Status Verified: 2025-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-04-02
• Last Update Posted: 2025-04-06
• Primary Completion: 2027-02-18
• Study Completion: 2027-02-18

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 43

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Inclusion Criteria (patients):

• in home-based primary care
• 60 years or older
• seen by a clinician participating in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
with DETECT-RPC screening tool	Detection of Elder mistreatment Through Emergency Care Technicians-Revised for Primary Care (DETECT-RPC) screening tool	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Mortality	from randomization to termination of data collection (3 years)	Mortality among patients will be assessed among patients enrolled in the partner home-based primary care programs.
number of reports of EM	from randomization to termination of data collection (3 years)	Data will be collected on the number of reports of EM made by clinicians to the appropriate authorities \[for example, adult protective services (APS)\]

Trial Locations

Locations (7)

University of Alabama at Birmingham; 🇺🇸 Birmingham, Alabama, United States

University of California San Francisco; 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States

John Hopkins University Medicine International; 🇺🇸 Baltimore, Maryland, United States

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; 🇺🇸 Dallas, Texas, United States

Baylor College of Medicine; 🇺🇸 Houston, Texas, United States

The University of Texas health Science Center at Houston( LBJ House Calls Program); 🇺🇸 Houston, Texas, United States

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston( UT Physicians House Calls Program); 🇺🇸 Houston, Texas, United States