A Community Paramedicine Initiative for Older Adults Living in Subsidized Housing (CHAP-EMS/CP@Clinic)

McMaster University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Diabetes Mellitus; Cardiovascular Diseases

Treatments: Behavioral: CHAP-EMS/CP@clinic

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02152891

MOP-133563

Details and patient eligibility

About

Older adults living in subsidized housing report poorer health. Their age and low income make it harder for them to use community services. Many older adults have heart disease and diabetes, which lead to frequent emergency calls and hospital admissions. To decrease the costs of treating heart disease and diabetes through emergency and hospitalization, improved screening and health education is needed. Our program will take place in communal areas within housing buildings of older adults and deliver a heart disease, diabetes, and falls risk check-up with health education. This is expected to improve the health of older adults leading to fewer emergency calls and hospital visits.

Enrollment: 1,200 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 55+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 55 years and older
• Resides in subsidized apartment building

Exclusion criteria

• None

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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1,200 participants in 2 patient groups

CHAP-EMS/CP@clinic Program Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

12 month implementation of the intervention

Treatment:

Behavioral: CHAP-EMS/CP@clinic

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Will complete a survey at baseline and at 1 year, no program or intervention provided