Evaluation of a new Healthcare Social Media platform (ZWIP) for frail elderly: improving care coordination and self-management

A controlled clinical trial to evaluate the Health and Welfare Information Portal: improved information for and about frail elderly and their caregivers

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN11165483

Enrollment

1044

Registered

2012-12-21

Start date

2011-01-13

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2019-02-11

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Conditions

Frail elderly living at home Not Applicable

Interventions

ZWIP is a complex intervention, intended to facilitate both patient's self-management and collaboration between professionals. ZWIP is a healthcare social-media network for multi-disciplinary communic

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Frail elderly as identified by the EASYcare-Two step Older people Screening diagnostic instrument. Development of an instrument for the identification of frail elderly as a target population for integrated care.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Does not meet inclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Patient and caregiver experience with being informed 2. Patient and caregiver experience with self-management 3. Patient and caregiver experience with co-decision making 4. Patient and caregiver experience with satisfaction with care 5. Emergency GP appointments 6. Unplanned hospitalization 7. Objective caregiver burden 8. Carer-Qol	—

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Katz-15 IADL, SF-36 social functioning, SF-36 psychological functioning after 1 year of usage	—

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026