Implementation of a Comprehensive and Personalised Approach for Older People with Psychosocial Frailty in Valencia (Spain): Study Protocol for a Pre–Post Controlled Trial
Abstract
:1. Introduction
Objectives
- (a)
- To compare the benefits of the ValueCare intervention deployed in the Valencia pilot vs. usual care for older people in terms of frailty, loneliness, social support, health-related quality of life, and healthy lifestyle behaviour.
- (b)
- To evaluate the benefits of the ValueCare approach deployed in the Valencia pilot centre in terms of reducing the use of outpatient and inpatient health and social care among older people.
- (c)
- To evaluate the satisfaction of the target population with the ValueCare intervention deployed in the Valencia pilot centre.
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Design
2.2. Study Participants: Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria
2.3. Recruitment and Randomization
2.4. Data Collection Process
2.5. Description of the Intervention: Design and Implementation
2.6. Control Group
2.7. Outcomes
2.8. Ethics
3. Registration and Dissemination
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Outcome | Outcome Measure (s) | Methods and Instruments |
---|---|---|
Health, well-being, and quality of life | Physical HR-QoL | PROMIS-10 [45] |
Mental HR-QoL | ||
Self-perceived health | EQ-5D-5L [46] | |
Frailty | Tilburg Frailty Indicator [30] | |
Comorbidities | ICHOM Older Person Set [29] | |
Loneliness | UCLA 3-Item Loneliness Scale [31] | |
Activities of daily living | Modified 10-item Barthel Index [43] | |
Falls | Visual Analogue Scale for Fear of Falling [47] | |
Lifestyle behaviour | BMI | ICHOM Older Person Set [29] |
Smoking status | ICHOM Older Person Set [29] | |
Alcohol consumption | ICHOM Older Person Set [29] | |
Sitting time | One Internal Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) | |
Physical activity | One item of the SHARE-Frailty [57] | |
Nutrition and undernutrition | SNAQ + 65 [58] | |
Medication use | Medication intake | Medication Risk Questionnaire (MRQ-10) [48] |
Care use | Care utilisation | Modified SMRC Health Care Utilization Questionnaire [49] |
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Fernández-Salido, M.; Alhambra-Borrás, T.; Garcés-Ferrer, J. Implementation of a Comprehensive and Personalised Approach for Older People with Psychosocial Frailty in Valencia (Spain): Study Protocol for a Pre–Post Controlled Trial. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2024, 21, 715. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21060715
Fernández-Salido M, Alhambra-Borrás T, Garcés-Ferrer J. Implementation of a Comprehensive and Personalised Approach for Older People with Psychosocial Frailty in Valencia (Spain): Study Protocol for a Pre–Post Controlled Trial. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2024; 21(6):715. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21060715
Chicago/Turabian StyleFernández-Salido, Mirian, Tamara Alhambra-Borrás, and Jorge Garcés-Ferrer. 2024. "Implementation of a Comprehensive and Personalised Approach for Older People with Psychosocial Frailty in Valencia (Spain): Study Protocol for a Pre–Post Controlled Trial" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 21, no. 6: 715. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21060715