A Community Health Worker Program to Support Rural Older Adults

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Frail Elderly, Cognitive Impairment, Mobility Limitation, Depressive Symptoms

In brief

This study will investigate an intervention delivered by community health workers for older adults with signs of cognitive impairment, mobility loss, and depression in the rural primary care setting.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03843333

Run by

University of Vermont

People needed

39

Starts

2019-06-10

Expected to finish

2020-07-02

Last updated by the study team

2020-10-01

Who can join

Age: 65 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age 65 or greater
• Positive for at least 2 of the following: 1) PHQ-2 score ≥2 or PHQ-9 score ≥5; 2) Mini-Cog score <4 or MoCA score <26 or Six-item screener with ≥2 errors; 3) "Yes" response to any of 3 falls risk screening questions or Timed Up and Go time 12 seconds or higher

You may not qualify if…

• Active suicidal ideation
• PHQ-9 score >14
• MoCA score <19
• Inability to ambulate (use of an assistive device is acceptable)
• Inability to stand steadily in a stationary position without support
• Physician objection to participation due to medical, psychological, or other concerns
• Inability to speak and understand English
• Lack of capacity to provide informed consent as determined by the University of California, San Diego Brief Assessment of Capacity to Consent (UBACC)

Where it is running

• Maine Dartmouth Geriatric Medicine — Augusta, Maine, United States
• Dartmouth-Hitchcock Lyme — Lyme, New Hampshire, United States
• Integrative Family Medicine - Montpelier — Montpelier, Vermont, United States

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