Home-based Psychoeducation for Older Adults With Frailty: A Feasibility Trial

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Status: Completed

Conditions: Frailty; Well-Being, Psychological

Treatments: Other: Attention control; Other: Psychoeducation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06415617

2023.585.p

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to test the feasibility and acceptability of home-based psychoeducation in older adults with frailty in the community. The main questions it aims to answer are

1. Are the proposed eligibility criteria for participants and the study process in recruiting and retaining the participants appropriate?
2. Is home-based psychoeducation feasible and acceptable for older adults with frailty in the community?

Participants will receive 12 weekly online group-based sessions at their homes. The content for the experimental group and control group is different:

• Intervention group: psychoeducation
• Control group: physical health education

Participants will receive two home visits for data collection. An individual interview will be conducted with participants in the experimental group to explore their experiences.

Enrollment: 24 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

(1) aged 65 years or over; (2) meeting frailty criteria by FRAIL scale (score 3 or above) ; (3) mentally competent screened by The Abbreviated Mental Test (AMT≥6) ; (4) able to speak and understand Cantonese; (5) living at home; (6) having experience using a smartphone (e.g.: sending messages, watching videos)

Exclusion criteria

(1) have a visual or hearing problem or a language barrier that may affect their communication or understanding; (2) being unfit for home-based exercise, as defined by having one point or above at either the 25-item Home Falls and Accidents self-reported screening tool (HOME-FAST), which is a comprehensive tool for identify home hazards for fall (3) are currently practising exercise for at least 150 minutes per week in previous four weeks; (4) are receiving active psychiatric or antidepressant treatment or joining other physical exercises or rehabilitation programmes

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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24 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental group

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will receive 60-minute weekly online group-based psychoeducation sessions for 12 weeks.

Treatment:

Other: Psychoeducation

Control group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants will receive 60-minute weekly online group-based physical health sessions for 12 weeks.

Treatment:

Other: Attention control