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Study NCT ID: NCT00250003
Status: COMPLETED
Last Update Posted: 2005-11-23
First Post: 2005-11-04

Brief Title: Preventive Home Visits for Healthy Pensioners- a Randomized Controlled Trial
Sponsor: Umeå University
Organization: Umeå University

Study Overview

Official Title: Preventive Home Visits for Healthy Pensioners- a Randomized Controlled Trial in Nordmaling
Status: COMPLETED
Status Verified Date: 2005-09
Last Known Status: None
Delayed Posting: No
If Stopped, Why?: Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access: False
If Expanded Access, NCT#: N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status: N/A
Acronym: None
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 Oversight

Has Oversight DMC: None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?: None
Is a FDA Regulated Device?: None
Is an Unapproved Device?: None
Is a PPSD?: None
Is a US Export?: None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?: None