Impact of a Telephone Coaching Program on Evolution of Autonomy in Subjects Aged 75 Years or More Living at Home (Frailcoach)

Since the last few decades, developed societies have been evolving towards a global aging of their populations. This evolution has been accompanied by the problematic of the dependence of aging populations. Dependence is today a challenge posed to social, healthcare or medico-social organizations.

Many studies have shown the positive effect of changes in health (physical activity, nutrition, socialization) on functional abilities of aged subjects. Intervention at subject's home is an easy and inexpensive way to delay the onset of dependence in the elderly population. Health coaching is defined as "a regular series of phone calls between the patient and the health care professional to support and encourage the patient and promote healthy behaviors such as treatment control, healthy eating and physical activity ".

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Subjects Aged 75 Years or More Living at Home
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: telephone coaching program; Other: no telephone coaching program

Detailed Description

The aim of the study will be evaluate impact of a telephone coaching program on evolution of autonomy in subjects aged 75 years or more living at home

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 165
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Jean-Luc NOVELLA; Phone Number: 0033 3 26 78 83 40; Email: jlnovella@chu-reims.fr

Study Locations

• France
  • Reims, France, 51092
    • CHU Reims

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 75 years and older (Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• subjects aged 75 years or more
• subjects living at home
• subjects able to use phone
• subjects agree to participate to the study

Exclusion Criteria:

• subjects do not speak French

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Group "with telephone coaching program ".; subjects aged 75 years or more living at home, with telephone coaching program	Other: telephone coaching program; telephone coaching program : 7 phone calls by nurse
Active Comparator: Group "without telephone coaching program".; subjects aged 75 years or more living at home, without telephone coaching program	Other: no telephone coaching program; no telephone coaching program : 7 phone calls by nurse

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Autonomy evolution	Evolution of autonomy score between inclusion and 12 months follow up. The autonomy score (on 14 points) is the sum of the Katz's Activities of Daily Living (on 6 points) and the Lawton's Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (on 8 points). Katz's Activities of Daily Living comprises 6 items (bathing, dressing, transferring, using the toilet, eating, continence). Lawton's Instrumental Activities of Daily comprises 8 items (ability to use the telephone, do the shopping, meal preparation, do the housework, do the laundry, use public transport, take responsibility for own medication and manage a budget.)	12 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: CHU de Reims

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): March 10, 2020
• Primary Completion (Actual): June 11, 2021
• Study Completion (Actual): March 25, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: January 17, 2020
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 17, 2020
• First Posted (Actual): January 22, 2020

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 26, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 25, 2024
• Last Verified: March 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: PO19126*

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No