CAPABLE Care + Connect
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In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: CAPABLE Care + Connect - Open Label Pilot, CAPABLE Care + Connect - Pilot.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Social Isolation in Older Adults, Social Isolation or Loneliness, Social Isolation, Quality of Life. Basic parameters: from 50 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
CAPABLE Care + Connect: Pilot Feasibility of Implementing CAPABLE Into Homebased Primary Care
Overview
In this evaluation scale-up research project, the investigators seek to test an implementation of CAPABLE on the infrastructure of home-based primary care for individuals who may experience social isolation and/or loneliness. These two home-based care programs may improve each other and provide opportunity to further improve quality of life for people living with disabilities and the caregivers. The purpose of this mixed methods study is to adapt and test CAPABLE, an existing evidence-based program, to a new target population with the scalable infrastructure of home-based primary care.
Detailed description
CAPABLE is a home-based, interdisciplinary, goal-directed program that reduces physical disability by working with the person and environment. This program has shown improved performance of activities of daily living (ADL), instrumental activities of daily living (IADL), and depression. Coordinating CAPABLE and Johns Hopkins Home-Based Medicine (JHOME) can help address barriers to health, function, and social connection. Amid limited to no evidence-based strategies to address social isolation and loneliness, this study offers a unique opportunity to address this problem. Because CAPABLE addresses environmental and personal needs to improve the ADL and IADL function of people with disabilities, combining the two programs may better enable people who are homebound to more easily navigate and access the home or beyond. Additionally, this effort will enable the investigators to explore the impact of this combined intervention on social isolation and loneliness.
As in CAPABLE (NA\_00031539), the delivery characteristics of CAPABLE Family consist of an assessment-driven, individually tailored package of interventions delivered over the course of 4 months by an occupational therapist (OT) (\~6 home visits for ≤ 1hour), a registered nurse (RN) (\~4 home visits for ≤ 1hour) and a handy worker (HW).
The purpose of this mixed methods study is to adapt and test CAPABLE, an existing evidence-based program, to a new target population with the scalable infrastructure of home-based primary care. The investigators seek to explore if the CAPABLE program increases social connection in homebound older adults, and if the benefits of CAPABLE services improve social connections among socially isolated/lonely homebound older adults.
Interventions
- Behavioral CAPABLE Care + Connect - Open Label Pilot
As in CAPABLE, the delivery characteristics of CAPABLE Care + Connect consist of an assessment-driven, individually tailored package of interventions delivered over the course of 4 months by an occupational therapist (OT) (\~6 home visits for ≤ 1hour), a registered nurse (RN) (\~4 home visits for ≤ 1hour) and a handy worker (HW). Adaptations targeting those in JHOME will be made on a per-client basis as part of the open-label pilot. The investigators will further refine and develop the intervent - Behavioral CAPABLE Care + Connect - Pilot
As in CAPABLE, the delivery characteristics of CAPABLE Care + Connect consist of an assessment-driven, individually tailored package of interventions delivered over the course of 4 months by an occupational therapist (OT) (\~6 home visits for ≤ 1hour), a registered nurse (RN) (\~4 home visits for ≤ 1hour) and a handy worker (HW). Refinements based on the open label pilot results will be included.
Primary outcome measures
- Change in Function as assessed by the Katz Index of Independence in Activities of Daily Living Scale [Time frame: Baseline, 16 weeks]
- Change in Function as assessed by Lawton & Brody's assessment of Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Scale (IADL) [Time frame: Baseline, 16 weeks]
- Change in Pain as assessed by the Brief Pain Inventory Scale (Short Form) [Time frame: Baseline, 16 weeks]
- Change in Function as assessed by the American Community Survey Disability Measure [Time frame: Baseline, 16 weeks]
- Change in Depression as assessed by the Patient Health Questionnaire Depression Scale (PHQ-8) [Time frame: Baseline, 16 weeks]
- Change in Social Connection as assessed by the Lubben Social Network Scale [Time frame: Baseline, 16 weeks]
- Change in Social Connection as assessed by the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Loneliness Scale [Time frame: Baseline, 16 weeks]
- Change in Social Connection as assessed by qualitative questions [Time frame: Baseline, 16 weeks]
- Change in Caregiver Burden as assessed by Zarit Burden Inventory [Time frame: Baseline, 16 weeks]
- Change in Perceived Change in Function Scale [Time frame: 16 weeks]
Secondary outcome measures (4)
- JHOME Health System Effects- Number Urgent Visits [Time frame: 6 months prior to program, 16 weeks]
- JHOME Health System Effects- Number Emergency Room Visits [Time frame: 6 months prior to program, 16 weeks]
- JHOME Health System Effects - Nursing Home Placement [Time frame: 16 weeks]
- JHOME Health System Effects- Number of Medications [Time frame: 6 months prior to program, 16 weeks]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Any patient currently in JHOME
- At risk for or experiencing social isolation as defined by the Lubben Social Network Scale 6 item score less than or equal 12 points or loneliness as defined by the UCLA Loneliness Scale 3 item score of 6 to 9 points
- Cognitive inclusion criteria Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MOCA) >23 as determined by referring JHOME study team member provider
- English speaking (measures are standardized in English)
- Ability to participate in an approximately 45-60 min virtual or in person meeting
- Eligible for CAPABLE
- 50 years or older
- Not hospitalized over night more than 4 times in the last 12 months
- Have some difficulty with any ADL
- Cognitively intact
- Live in Baltimore County or Baltimore City
- Not receiving active cancer treatment
- Interested in participating in CAPABLE Care partners will be included if the care partners provide > 10 hours of care/week
Exclusion criteria
- Terminally ill
- live in long term care setting
- receiving active cancer treatment
Standard of Care/Comparison group Inclusion Criteria:
- Any patient currently in JHOME who did not receive the CAPABLE intervention
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Non-randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- Johns Hopkins School of Nursing — Baltimore
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07123298 · IRB00471865