Clinical trials: Nursing Home Resident
Musculoskeletal Diseases, Occupational Diseases
Impact of Exoskeleton Use on Perceived Effort and Pain During Resident Handling in Nursing Home Care Staff
The EXO 2 study assessed whether daily use of an exoskeleton - a wearable mechanical support device - could reduce physical effort and pain in nursing home care staff who regularly perform resident handling tasks such as bed…
- Conditions
- Musculoskeletal Diseases, Occupational Diseases, Low Back Pain, Occupational Health
- Trial name
- Exo 2 (NCT07757737)
- Testing
- Passive back-assist exoskeleton (HAPO Version 4)
- Where
- 5 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 35 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- LNA SANTE
Incontinence-associated Dermatitis
Prevention of Incontinence-associated Dermatitis
Incontinence-associated dermatitis (IAD) is an inflammation of the skin caused by prolonged direct contact of the skin with urine and/or stool. Elderly and care-dependent people are often affected by this type of inflammation.
- Trial name
- PID (NCT05403762)
- Testing
- ESENTA™ Skin Barrier Spray (ConvaTec, UK), Hydrophobes Basisgel DAC
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 220 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Charite University, Berlin, Germany
Diabetes
Diabetes in the Elderly: Retrospective Study
Diabetes is highly prevalent in the elderly, afflicting about 20% of older adults aged 65-75 years and 40% of adults >80years of age. Management of hyperglycemia is challenging in the geriatric population in long-term facilities.
- Trial name
- NCT01104168
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,409 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Influenza
High-Dose Influenza Vaccine in Nursing Homes
The purpose of this study is to prospectively evaluate relative effectiveness of high dose influenza vaccine in preventing influenza mortality, hospitalization, and functional decline in a nursing home population in the U.S.…
- Trial name
- NCT01815268
- Testing
- HD Vaccine, SD Vaccine, Free Vaccine
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 823 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Insight Therapeutics, LLC
Frail Elderly Syndrome
Development of Clinical Indicators From the Swiss RAI-HC
The project aims at deriving frailty (FI) and complexity (CI) indices from data collected with the Resident Instrument Assessment - Home Care adapted for Switzerland (RAI-HC).
- Trial name
- IndiRAI (NCT03139162)
- Testing
- Swiss RAI-HC assessment
- Volunteers
- 10,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- School of Health Sciences Geneva
Medication Review, Nursing Home Resident
OptiMEDs Pilot Study
Pilot study of the OptiMEDs intervention: a complex intervention for multidisciplinary medication review (including nurses, pharmacists, and physicians) in nursing homes (NH), with ICT-support for the evaluation of the…
- Conditions
- Medication Review, Nursing Home Resident, Nursing Home
- Trial name
- OptiMEDs (NCT04142645)
- Testing
- OptiMEDs
- Where
- 3 sites in Belgium
- Volunteers
- 148 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Ghent
Executive Dysfunctions
Prevalence of Impaired Executive Functions
The evaluation of executive functions, as well as the means of stimulating and preserving them, are at the heart of the challenges for maintaining a level of functional autonomy in the elderly, but also during the loss of this…
- Trial name
- EXEPA (NCT05311969)
- Testing
- cognitive evaluations and non cognitive evaluations
- Where
- 8 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 46 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fondation Korian pour le Bien Vieillir
Oral Health, Old Age; Dementia
Evaluation of the Use of a Novel Oral Health Screening Instrument by Caregivers in Nursing Homes
BACKGROUND: Oral health of nursing home residents is often poor. Oral health is related to general health, quality of life and well-being.
- Conditions
- Oral Health, Old Age; Dementia, Long-Term Care, Nursing Homes
- Trial name
- OHS-interRAI (NCT06536322)
- Testing
- OHS-interRAI
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 462 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- KU Leuven
Nursing Home Resident, Geriatric
Comparison of the Effects of Motor and Cognitive Dual Task Exercises on Fall Risk, Balance, and Gait
This study aimed to compare the effects of motor and cognitive dual-task exercise programs on fall risk, balance, and gait performance in older adults residing in nursing homes.The main question it aims to answer is: An…
- Trial name
- NCT07823166
- Testing
- Motor Dual-Task Exercise, Cognitive Dual-Task Exercise, Control group
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 69 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ankara Yildirim Beyazıt University
Unplanned Hospitalizations
Sustainable Improvement of INTERprofessional Care for Better Resident Outcomes
INTERCARE is an interprofessional nurse-led care model developed specifically for long-term care facilities (LTCFs) in Switzerland that has been shown to successfully reduce unplanned transfers for residents.
- Trial name
- INTERSCALE (NCT06473051)
- Testing
- Original set, Adapted set
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Basel