Integrated Care for Frail Older People

August 6, 2018 updated by: Dr Euan Sadler, King's College London

A Qualitative Study to Investigate Patients', Carers' and Providers' Perspectives on Integrated Care and Integrated Care Pathways for Frail Older People in Lambeth and Southwark, South London

This is a qualitative interview study investigating patients', carers' and providers' perspectives on integrated care and integrated care pathways for frail older people in Lambeth and Southwark, south London.

Study Overview

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

31

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

65 years to 100 years (Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

N/A

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Frail older people, their carers and a range of providers.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Frail older people aged 65 years and over, including men and women with different levels of frailty.
  2. Carers (family member, friend or neighbor) identified by the frail older participant as a main carer.
  3. Health and social care professionals, care workers, service managers and commissioners working in different parts of the local health and care system (primary, secondary, community, social and voluntary care), reflecting a range of roles.

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Older people not identified as frail.
  2. Frail older people who are unable to provide their informed consent to take part in the study, for example due to significant cognitive impairment.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Stakeholders perspectives as assessed by interview survey
Time Frame: Day 1
Stakeholders perspectives as assessed by interview survey
Day 1

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

August 15, 2017

Primary Completion (Actual)

May 31, 2018

Study Completion (Actual)

May 31, 2018

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

August 15, 2017

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 22, 2017

First Posted (Actual)

August 24, 2017

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

August 7, 2018

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 6, 2018

Last Verified

August 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • IRAS Project ID: 226031

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

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