- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT02617719
Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in Primary Care: The Fit for Late Life Project
Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in Primary Care: The Fit for Late Life
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Detailed Description
With the ageing of the United Kingdom population, it is crucial that evidence on optimal healthcare is effectively translated into improved clinical practice to both maximise the health and independence of older people as well as contain costs. Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) is a multidimensional, interdisciplinary process used to identify and address the complex healthcare needs of older people. Evidence of its effectiveness has been confirmed in a number of systematic reviews and meta-analyses and beneficial outcomes reported include improved function and independence. However its implementation across healthcare settings remains variable. This study aims to establish the feasibility, acceptability and cost of implementing a Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment Clinic in a single primary care practice.
The Fit for Later Life Project describes the implementation of a Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment Clinic in primary care for older people who referred by their General Practitioner (GP). We will utilise a mixed-methods design including Normalisation Process Theory (NPT), a sociological toolkit designed to explore how different stakeholders engage with the real-world process of translating evidence into practice. Interviews and focus groups will be used to collect data from patients, carers and health professionals on coherence, cognitive participation, collective action, and reflexive monitoring. These data will be thematically analysed to identify barriers, strengths and weaknesses for the implementation of a Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment Clinic in primary care. A clinical audit of the records of older people who are service users at the participating practice will be conducted and an assessment will be made of the costs of the clinic. Together these data will provide implementation guidelines describing the feasibility and acceptability of a United Kingdom primary care Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment clinic.
The planned outcome is guidelines for the implementation of a Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment Clinic in United Kingdom primary care. The barriers and facilitators that affect starting and running the service will be described as will the patients who could potentially attend and those who actually attend. The costs will also be determined.
This research is funded by the National Institute for Health Research Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (NIHR CLAHRC) Wessex.
Study Type
Enrollment (Anticipated)
Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Sampling Method
Study Population
Staff: Primary care staff who are involved in the care of patients aged 75 years and older from a single United Kingdom primary care practice.
Patients: Patients aged 75 years and older from a single United Kingdom primary care practice.
Carers: Carers of patients aged 75 years and older from a single United Kingdom primary care practice.
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Involved in care of patient aged 75 years or older at the participating United Kingdom primary care practice.
- Patient aged 75 years or older at the participating United Kingdom primary care practice.
- Carer of patient aged 75 years or older at the participating United Kingdom primary care practice.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patient in end of life care
- Patient does not have the mental capacity to act. -
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
Cohorts and Interventions
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Primary care
Staff, patients aged 75 years and older and their carers associated with a single, participating United Kingdom primary care practice.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Experience of the acceptability of a Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment clinic in United Kingdom primary care
Time Frame: 6 months
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Qualitative interviews performed before and after the new clinic where the participants describe their perceptions and experience of the the new Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in United Kingdom primary care.
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6 months
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Collaborators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Lynn N Lansbury, PhD, University of Southampton, UK
Study record dates
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Study Start
Primary Completion (Anticipated)
Study Completion (Anticipated)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Estimate)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Estimate)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Other Study ID Numbers
- b2xrypzt
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
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