The development and feasibility of a new service to promote health and well-being in older people who are starting to become frailer: The HomeHealth study

Completed

• Conditions: Topic: Primary Care, Ageing; Subtopic: Ageing, Ageing; Disease: All Diseases, All Ageing; Signs and Symptoms; Early frailty

• Registration Number: ISRCTN11986672
• Lead Sponsor: niversity College London

Brief Summary

2017 results in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29214975

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2015-12-02
• Study Completion: 2017-02-28
• Last Update Posted: 26 February 2018

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

1. Aged 65 or over
2. Registered with one of participating General Practices
3. Score as ‘pre-frail’ (0.2 - 0.35 on the Frailty Index of cumulative deficits 9)
4. Community-dwelling (including people living in extra care housing)
5. Life expectancy greater than 6 months
6. Capacity to consent to participate in this research (including those with dementia or communication difficulties who retain capacity to consent)

Exclusion Criteria

1. Those living in care homes
2. On GP palliative care register
3. Those who lack capacity to consent (e.g. advanced dementia); those already case managed (e.g. by community matrons, some reablement schemes)

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Feasibility is determined by successful recruitment and retention into the study, measured at the end of the trial period