Status:
COMPLETED
Dutch EASYcare Study
Lead Sponsor:
Radboud University Medical Center
Collaborating Sponsors:
ZonMw: The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development
Conditions:
Cognition Disorders
Mood Disorder
Eligibility:
All Genders
70+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to study the effects of nursing home visits in independently living elderly people on their functional performance and health-related quality of life. The general practiti...
Detailed Description
General practitioners (GPs) in the Western world have to anticipate the increasing age and health care demands of their patients. A considerable proportion of those older patients have reduced functio...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- 70 years of age and over
- The patient lives independently or in a home for the aged
- The patient has a health problem that was recently presented to the GP by the patient or informal caregiver
- The request for help is related to the following problem fields: cognitive disorders, behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia, mood disorders, mobility disorders and falling, or malnutrition
- The patient/informal caregiver and GP have determined a goal they want to achieve
- Fulfill one or more of these criteria: MMSE (Mini Mental State Examination) equal to or less than 26, GARS (Groningen Activity Restriction Scale) equal to or greater than 25 or MOS-20/subscale mental health equal to or less than 75
Exclusion
- The problem or request for help has an acute nature, urging for action (medical or otherwise) within less than one week
- The problem or request for help is merely a medical diagnostic issue, urging for action only physicians (GP or specialist) can offer
- MMSE \< 20 or proved moderate to severe dementia (Clinical Dementia Rating scale \[CDR\] \> 1, 0) and no informal caregiver (no informal caregiver is defined as: no informal caregiver who meets the patient for at least once a week on average)
- The patient receives other forms of intermediate care or health care from a social worker or community-based geriatrician
- The patient is already on the waiting list for a nursing home because of the problem the patient is presented with in our study
- Predicted prognosis \< 6 months because of terminal illness
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 1 2003
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
July 1 2005
Estimated Enrollment :
155 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00105378
Start Date
April 1 2003
End Date
July 1 2005
Last Update
November 18 2023
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Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre
Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands, nl-6500 HB