Description Module
The Description Module contains narrative descriptions of the clinical trial, including a brief summary and detailed description. These descriptions provide important information about the study's purpose, methodology, and key details in language accessible to both researchers and the general public.
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Description Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 7:35 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 7:35 PM
NCT ID:
NCT00250003
Brief Summary:
To investigate whether preventive home visits for healthy persons 75+, made by professional health workers, can change the pattern of care utilization and if the quality of life can improve. The hypothesis is that care utilisation will reduce, mortality decrease and quality of life improve.
Detailed Description:
To investigate whether preventive home visits for healthy pensioners aged 75 years and over , can change the pattern of care utilization and if the quality of life can improve. To investigate if the results will last after the intervention has come to an end.
The concept of care utilization can in this trial be clarified as:
* use of primary health care
* use of elderly care including elderly houses
* mortality
* use of hospital care
The concept of quality of life will in this trial be measured with a number of self judgements.
The trial is performed as a randomized controlled trial in a small rural community in the north of Sweden. The staff is professional health workers and the visits is performed in the pensioners own homes.
Study:
NCT00250003
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT00250003