Pilot Project on Enhancing Support for Hidden Elderly in the Three-nil Buildings and Old Tenement Buildings: Capacity Building & Impact Evaluation
The aims of this interventional study are of two-fold. First, the study aims to develop the capacity to facilitate the collaborating NGOs to address the social determinants of aging well for 3-N seniors. The second aim of the study is to evaluate the impact of the transitional support for 3-N elders. The main question is aims to answer is:
Does the transitional support facilitate a better physical and psychological wellbeing in 3-N seniors.
Participants will be categorized into transitional-support group or non-transitional-support group based on their existing community service. They will join evaluation at four timepoints (baseline 3-, 6-, and 12-month) over the 1-year follow-up period.
Visão geral do estudo
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Intervenção / Tratamento
Intervenção / Tratamento
Descrição detalhada
The project will set up the following digital platform:
- Neighbor Link for Healthy Living
- Healthy Lifestyle Hubs without Walls
- Service Connect Compass Central to the concept of prompting 'aging well' through addressing the social determinants of health, the evaluation not only focuses on the direct impact on the social cohesion of the beneficiaries with their immediate community context, but also captures the indirect impact on the broader dimensions reflecting 'aging well'.
Tipo de estudo
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- Não aplicável
Contactos e Locais
Contato de estudo
Contato de estudo
- Nome: Doris Sau Fung YU, PhD
- Número de telefone: 852-3917-6319
- E-mail: dyu1@hku.hk
Locais de estudo
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Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- The University of Hong Kong
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Contato:
- Doris Sau Fung YU, PhD
- Número de telefone: 852-3917-6319
- E-mail: dyu1@hku.hk
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Critérios de participação
Critérios de elegibilidade
Critérios de elegibilidade
Idades elegíveis para estudo
- Filho
- Adulto
- Adulto mais velho
Aceita Voluntários Saudáveis
Gêneros Elegíveis para o Estudo
Descrição
Inclusion Criteria:
- Engaged in the transitional care model
- Consent to participate in the impact evaluation
- Able to complete the impact evaluation
Exclusion Criteria:
- Unable or unwilling to provide informed consent
- An acute or unstable health condition makes participation unsafe
- Unable to complete research assessments despite reasonable support
Plano de estudo
Como o estudo é projetado?
Detalhes do projeto
- Finalidade Principal: Prevenção
- Alocação: Não randomizado
- Modelo Intervencional: Atribuição Paralela
- Mascaramento: Nenhum (rótulo aberto)
Número de braços
Armas e Intervenções
Grupo de Participantes / BraçoGrupo de Participantes / Braço |
Intervenção / TratamentoIntervenção / Tratamento |
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Experimental: Intervention status
This arm covers two major service dimensions including living support and district-based caring buddy network. Participants will join evaluation at four timepoints (i.e., baseline, 3-month, 6-month, 12-month) |
Intervention will be conducted to improve lifestyle based on their needs which include 1) Neighbor Link for Healthy Living, 2) Healthy Lifestyle Hubs without Walls and 3) Service Connect Compass. |
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Sem intervenção: No-intervention status
The corresponding no-treatment status is defined as subjects who have not received any mapped intervention for the corresponding length of time. |
O que o estudo está medindo?
Medidas de resultados primários
Medidas de resultados primários
Medida de resultado |
Descrição da medida |
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Edmonton Frailty Scale
Prazo: Changes from baseline to 3 month, 6 month, 12 month post-intervention.
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Overall frailty |
Changes from baseline to 3 month, 6 month, 12 month post-intervention.
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Medidas de resultados secundários
Medidas de resultados secundários
Medida de resultado |
Descrição da medida |
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Neighborhood Cohesion Inventory (HK version)
Prazo: Changes from baseline to 3 month, 6 month, 12 month post-intervention.
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Neighborhood cohesion and social engagement |
Changes from baseline to 3 month, 6 month, 12 month post-intervention.
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Life Space Assessment
Prazo: Changes from baseline to 3 month, 6 month, 12 month post-intervention.
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Life space mobility |
Changes from baseline to 3 month, 6 month, 12 month post-intervention.
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3-item UCA Loneliness Scale
Prazo: Changes from baseline to 3 month, 6 month, 12 month post-intervention.
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Loneliness |
Changes from baseline to 3 month, 6 month, 12 month post-intervention.
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Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile II
Prazo: Changes from baseline to 3 month, 6 month, 12 month post-intervention.
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Lifestyle behaviors |
Changes from baseline to 3 month, 6 month, 12 month post-intervention.
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Social Frailty Scale-8 items (SFS-8)
Prazo: Changes from baseline to 3 month, 6 month, 12 month post-intervention.
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Social vulnerability |
Changes from baseline to 3 month, 6 month, 12 month post-intervention.
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Short Physical Performance Battery
Prazo: Changes from baseline to 3 month, 6 month, 12 month post-intervention.
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Measuring by (range from 0 to 12), with higher score indicating better physical performance |
Changes from baseline to 3 month, 6 month, 12 month post-intervention.
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Geriatric Depression Scale
Prazo: Changes from baseline to 3 month, 6 month, 12 month post-intervention.
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Psychological wellness |
Changes from baseline to 3 month, 6 month, 12 month post-intervention.
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Mini-nutritional Assessment
Prazo: Changes from baseline to 3 month, 6 month, 12 month post-intervention.
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Vitality |
Changes from baseline to 3 month, 6 month, 12 month post-intervention.
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5-minute Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA)
Prazo: Changes from baseline to 3 month, 6 month, 12 month post-intervention.
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Measuring Cognitive function (range from 0 to 30), A score of 26 or over is considered to be normal. |
Changes from baseline to 3 month, 6 month, 12 month post-intervention.
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EuroQoL-5 Dimension-5 Level
Prazo: Changes from baseline to 3 month, 6 month, 12 month post-intervention.
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Measuring Health-related quality of life (HRQL) (range from -0.59 to 1.0), higher score indicates better quality of life |
Changes from baseline to 3 month, 6 month, 12 month post-intervention.
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Insomnia Severity Index (ISI)
Prazo: Changes from baseline to 3 month, 6 month, 12 month post-intervention.
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Severity of sleeping problem |
Changes from baseline to 3 month, 6 month, 12 month post-intervention.
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Hearing Handicap Inventory
Prazo: Changes from baseline to 3 month, 6 month, 12 month post-intervention.
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Hearing loss |
Changes from baseline to 3 month, 6 month, 12 month post-intervention.
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Handgrip
Prazo: Changes from baseline to 3 month, 6 month, 12 month post-intervention.
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physical wellness |
Changes from baseline to 3 month, 6 month, 12 month post-intervention.
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7-item Abbreviation Memory Inventory for the Chinese
Prazo: Changes from baseline to 3 month, 6 month, 12 month post-intervention.
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subjective memory complaints |
Changes from baseline to 3 month, 6 month, 12 month post-intervention.
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Body composition
Prazo: Changes from baseline to 3 month, 6 month, 12 month post-intervention.
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the percentages of fat and muscle in the human body |
Changes from baseline to 3 month, 6 month, 12 month post-intervention.
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Colaboradores e Investigadores
Patrocinador
Patrocinador
Investigadores
Investigadores
- Investigador principal: Doris Sau Fung YU, PhD, The University of Hong Kong
Publicações e links úteis
Publicações Gerais
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- Wong A, Nyenhuis D, Black SE, Law LS, Lo ES, Kwan PW, Au L, Chan AY, Wong LK, Nasreddine Z, Mok V. Montreal Cognitive Assessment 5-minute protocol is a brief, valid, reliable, and feasible cognitive screen for telephone administration. Stroke. 2015 Apr;46(4):1059-64. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.114.007253. Epub 2015 Feb 19.
- Vellas B, Guigoz Y, Garry PJ, Nourhashemi F, Bennahum D, Lauque S, Albarede JL. The Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) and its use in grading the nutritional state of elderly patients. Nutrition. 1999 Feb;15(2):116-22. doi: 10.1016/s0899-9007(98)00171-3.
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- Welch SA, Ward RE, Beauchamp MK, Leveille SG, Travison T, Bean JF. The Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB): A Quick and Useful Tool for Fall Risk Stratification Among Older Primary Care Patients. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2021 Aug;22(8):1646-1651. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2020.09.038. Epub 2020 Nov 13.
- Ho LYW, Lai CKY, Ng SSM. Psychometric properties testing of a Cantonese version of the Life-Space Assessment in people with stroke. Sci Rep. 2021 Oct 18;11(1):20614. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-00140-w.
- Yu R, Cheung O, Leung J, Tong C, Lau K, Cheung J, Woo J. Is neighbourhood social cohesion associated with subjective well-being for older Chinese people? The neighbourhood social cohesion study. BMJ Open. 2019 May 10;9(5):e023332. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023332.
- Snell, W. E., Johnson, G., Lloyd, P. J., & Hoover, M. W. The Health Orientation Scale: A measure of psychological tendencies associated with health. European Journal of Personality 1991; 5(2): 169-183.
- Luo H, Hu H, Zhao Y, Hao Y, Xie L, Gao J, Sun C. Associations between living environment factors and frailty among middle-aged and older adults. Interdisciplinary Nursing Research 2022; 4(2): 91-98.
- Hong Kong Population Projections for 2022 to 2046. Hong Kong: Census and Statistics Department.
- Fierro-Marrero J, Reina-Varona A, Paris-Alemany A, La Touche R. Frailty in Geriatrics: A Critical Review with Content Analysis of Instruments, Overlapping Constructs, and Challenges in Diagnosis and Prognostic Precision. J Clin Med. 2025 Mar 7;14(6):1808. doi: 10.3390/jcm14061808.
- Limpawattana P, Khammak C, Manjavong M, So-Ngern A. Frailty as a Predictor of Hospitalization and Low Quality of Life in Geriatric Patients at an Internal Medicine Outpatient Clinic: A Cross-Sectional Study. Geriatrics (Basel). 2022 Aug 31;7(5):89. doi: 10.3390/geriatrics7050089.
- Robles MC, O'Brien A, Islam N, McBride AC, Corches CL, Mansour M, Bailey S, Thrash-Sall E, Skolarus LE. Exploring Social Determinants of Health in Healthy Aging Among Older Adults: A Qualitative Study. Prog Community Health Partnersh. 2023;17(1):71-78. doi: 10.1353/cpr.2023.0011.
- Tomkinson GR, Lang JJ, Rubin L, McGrath R, Gower B, Boyle T, Klug MG, Mayhew AJ, Blake HT, Ortega FB, Cadenas-Sanchez C, Magnussen CG, Fraser BJ, Kidokoro T, Liu Y, Christensen K, Leong DP; iGRIPS (international handGRIP Strength) Group. International norms for adult handgrip strength: A systematic review of data on 2.4 million adults aged 20 to 100+ years from 69 countries and regions. J Sport Health Sci. 2025 Dec;14:101014. doi: 10.1016/j.jshs.2024.101014. Epub 2024 Dec 6.
- Lam LC, Lui VW, Tam CW, Chiu HF. Subjective memory complaints in Chinese subjects with mild cognitive impairment and early Alzheimer's disease. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2005 Sep;20(9):876-82. doi: 10.1002/gps.1370.
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