Asthenia, Mobility Limitation
Conditions
Keywords
Rehabilitation, Evaluation studies, Home care services
Brief summary
The aim is to evaluate a model of home-based rehabilitation. The intervention targets elder persons who receive homecare services, but still are relatively independent in most activities of daily living. The model focuses on early identification of decline in function and intervention in the home environment through close cooperation between the participant, homecare services and therapists.
Interventions
OTHERHomecare reablement
OTHERusual care
Sponsors
Trondheim Kommune
St. Olavs Hospital
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Study design
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
65 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* receive homecare services * live within the catchment area
Exclusion criteria
* In-patient length of stay (IPLOS) score \> 2.0 * severe dementia
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in Activity level (measured by body-worn sensors) | 1 years | measured by body-worn sensors over 4 days |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in Short Physical performance battery score | 1 year | Performance based test of lower extremity function |
| Change in received hours with homecare services | 1 year | Including nursing, assistance in activities of daily living and domestic work |
| Qualys (EQ- 5D) | 1 year | EQ- 5D |
| Change in IPLOS score | one year | A composite score on level of dependency in 17 different areas related to activities of daily living, including cognitive function |
| Change in cognitive function (Subscore of the Iplos score) | one year | Subscore of the Iplos score |
Outcome results
None listed