Clinical trials: Community-dwelling
Obesity, Sarcopenia
Prevalence of Osteosarcopenic Obesity in Older Adults
Osteosarcopenic Obesity (OSO) is a syndrome characterized by the loss of bone and muscle in addition to increase in the fat tissue as a result of aging process.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Sarcopenia, Osteopenia, Osteoporosis
- Trial name
- NCT04288401
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 460 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istanbul Medeniyet University
Oral Health of Older Men
Talking Pen Audio-Interactive Program for Oral Frailty Delay in Community-Dwelling Elderly
This study aims to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of a talking pen audio-interactive technology integrated with an oral frailty delay care program for community-dwelling older adults in rural agricultural regions of…
- Trial name
- NCT07191600
- Testing
- Talking Pen Audio-Interactive Oral Frailty Care Program
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 88 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chang Gung University of Science and Technology
Virtual Reality, Physical Fitness
Effects of Physical Fitness Using a Kinect Interventional System
The Kinect intervention system combined with aerobic exercise training can improve the quality of life of older adults in the community, standardize behavior regulation in exercise and improve fitness enthusiasm.
- Trial name
- NCT06216236
- Testing
- Kinect intervention system combined with aerobic exercise training, aerobic dance training
- Where
- 2 sites in Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 64 people
- Sponsor
- Wan-Yun Huang
Delivery of Health Care, Health Services
The COPACC Study: Utilization, Health and Economic Evaluation of a Community-Based Primary Care Geriatric Hub at Whampoa
This study evaluates the Community for Successful Ageing (ComSA) Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH), a model of community-based primary care geriatric hub at Whampoa, Singapore.
- Conditions
- Delivery of Health Care, Health Services, Costs and Cost Analysis, Quality of Life
- Trial name
- NCT04594967
- Testing
- Patient-centred care home (PCMH)
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 184 people
- Sponsor
- Geriatric Education and Research Institute
Multiple Sclerosis
LoveYourBrain Yoga for Multiple Sclerosis
The purpose of the study is to assess the feasibility of a 6-week yoga and meditation intervention for people with multiple sclerosis (MS).
- Trial name
- NCT03827928
- Testing
- Yoga/meditation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Parkinson Disease, Accidental Fall
Development and Evaluation of a Guide to Help People With Parkinson's and Their Caregivers to Self-manage Falling
This study will investigate whether it is possible, through the development and evaluation of a self-management guide, to improve health related quality of life and concern of falling in people with Parkinson's disease who fall…
- Trial name
- NCT03111472
- Testing
- Self-management guide for people with Parkinson's who fall and their informal caregivers
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Southampton
Disability Physical
Community-based Complex Intervention to Prevent Loss of Physical Function and Disability in Home-dwelling Older Adults
The aim of this study is to compare the effect of 12 weeks group-based exercise program enhanced with 24 weeks health empowerment program (HEP) to an extended usual care condition (the HEP program alone) on physical function…
- Trial name
- NCT04531852
- Testing
- CALSTI - Complex Active Lifestyle Intervention, SEMAI - Self-Management Intervention
- Where
- 3 sites in Denmark
- Volunteers
- 360 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Southern Denmark
Heart Failure
Telehealth for Emergency-Community Continuity of Care Connectivity Via Home-Telemonitoring
Modern technology like computers, smartphones and the Internet enable patients to measure certain health indicators, like blood pressure and body weight, from the comfort of their own homes.
- Trial name
- TEC4Home (NCT02821065)
- Testing
- Remote Patient Monitoring
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Intimate Partner Violence
Intimate Partner Violence Prevention in Nepal
Introduction: Change Starts at Home (Change) is a multi-component social behavior change communication and community engagement strategy designed to prevent intimate partner violence (IPV), a significant public health issue in…
- Trial name
- NCT02942433
- Testing
- Behavior Change Communication, Community Mobilization, Advocacy
- Volunteers
- 4,677 people
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Deglutition Disorders, Dysphagia
AI-Enabled Mobile App for Safe Eating in Older Adults With Dysphagia
Difficulty swallowing (called dysphagia) is common in older adults and can make eating and drinking unsafe. It may lead to serious problems such as choking, lung infections, poor nutrition, and reduced quality of life.
- Trial name
- NCT07654088
- Testing
- AI-Enabled Mobile Application plus Standard Care, Standard Dysphagia Education
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 332 people
- Sponsor
- KAM Chi Shan Anna
Dental Caries
Preventing and Arresting Dental Root Surface Caries in Community-dwelling Older Adults
This study is a randomized clinical trial lasting for 30 months. A total of 300 subjects will be recruited from social centres for elders located in different districts in Hong Kong.
- Trial name
- NCT02360124
- Testing
- silver diammine fluoride, saturated potassium iodide solution
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 323 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
Healthy Aging
Adopting a Health-social Partnership Program to Promote Health and Self-care Management Among Older Adults in the Community
Hong Kong has notably the longest life expectancy in the world. Ever-increasing demand and challenges are posing to the healthcare, social welfare, and elderly care service system.
- Trial name
- NCT05621720
- Testing
- Case management, Social control call and usual are
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 788 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Telemedicine
A Telecare-based Intervention in Reducing Stress Level of Informal Caregivers of Community-dwelling Older Adults
The primary caregivers of older adults provide intimate and immediate support when their loved one is in urgent need. Due to the full-time commitment in a caregiving role, the caregiver may not have extra time to join the onsite…
- Trial name
- NCT05636982
- Testing
- Telecare-based intervention program
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Accidental Falls/Prevention & Control, Risk Assessment
Prevention of Falls in General Practitioner for Community-dwelling Older Adults [PreFalls]
The primary aim of this two-year project for falls prevention is to reduce number of falls and fall incidence in community-dwelling people of 65 years and older in the setting of general practitioners.
- Conditions
- Accidental Falls/Prevention & Control, Risk Assessment, General Practitioner Education, Humans
- Trial name
- NCT01032252
- Testing
- Exercise intervention
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 378 people
- Sponsor
- University of Erlangen-Nürnberg Medical School
Stroke, Acute Ischemic
Community Health Worker Assisted Task Specific and Cognitive Therapy at Home With Exposure After Stroke
CATCHES is a novel intervention for preliminary testing, integrating Task Specific Therapy at home guided by Community Health Workers (CHW) under supervision of a licensed Physical Therapist (PT) guided by telehealth based…
- Trial name
- CATCHES (NCT06314308)
- Testing
- CATCHES
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Health Behavior, Ageing
Supporting Healthy Aging by Peer Education and Support
Canadians are living longer than ever before. However, many in our society age with long term chronic medical conditions which have a major impact on their need for healthcare, their quality of life and well-being.
- Trial name
- SHAPES (NCT02745275)
- Testing
- Peer-led Health Education
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alberta
Insomnia
Long-term Follow-up of Functional Performance and Exercise Efficacy in Community-dwelling Elderly With Insomnia
Poor sleep quality has been recognized as a major public health concern in the world. The prevalence of insomnia in Taiwan is comparable to that of Western countries.
- Trial name
- NCT01689818
- Testing
- exercise training
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 250 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Osteoarthritis (OA)
Effect of Chair Yoga on Elders With Osteoarthritis
The current study is a two-arm randomized controlled clinical trial to test the feasibility of recruiting, randomizing, and having older adults with osteoarthritis (OA) adhere to and safely complete the 8-week Sit 'N' Fit Chair…
- Trial name
- NCT02113410
- Testing
- Sit 'N' Fit Chair Yoga (SNFCY), Health Education Program (HEP)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 131 people
- Sponsor
- Florida Atlantic University
Healthy, Older Adults
Group-Based Exercise Intervention to Prevent Cognitive and Motor Decline
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the efficacy of the Ideomotor Program in healthy older adults living in the community.
- Trial name
- NCT07494149
- Testing
- Ideomotor, Control
- Where
- 2 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 158 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Bergamo
Diabetes, COVID-19
RADx-UP- Impact of Community Health Worker Deployment
The proposed project will implement and evaluate a brief Community Health Worker (CHW) intervention through the Albany Area Primary Health Care, a rural Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC).
- Conditions
- Diabetes, COVID-19, Community Health Workers, Health Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT05863884
- Testing
- Impact of Community Health Worker Home Deployment on COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence and Uptake
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 87 people
- Sponsor
- Morehouse School of Medicine