Tokyo, Nov. 1 -- UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN-CTR) received information related to the study (UMIN000059463) titled 'Effectiveness of a Platform for Services Outside Long-Term Care Insurance in Reducing Burden Among Older Adults, Family Caregivers, and Care Managers' on Nov. 1.
Study Type:
Interventional
Study Design:
Basic Design - Parallel
Randomization - Randomized
Blinding - Open -no one is blinded
Control - Dose comparison
Primary Sponsor:
Institute - Keio University
Condition:
Condition - Quality of life, Burden of caregiving
Classification by malignancy - Others
Genomic information - NO
Objective:
Narrative objectives1 - With the increase in older people living at home, demand for non-long-term care insurance (LTCI) services including daily living assistance is rising. Meanwhile, care managers requested by older individuals to arrange non-LTCI services face increased burdens.
This study aims to verify the extent to which the physical and mental burden on older individuals, family carers, and care managers can be reduced by introducing appropriate providers to home-dwelling older people via an online platform involving multiple non-LTCI service providers.
Basic objectives2 - Efficacy
Intervention:
Interventions/Control_1 - Distributing a 10% service discount coupon
Interventions/Control_2 - Distributing a 40% service discount coupon
Eligibility:
Age-lower limit - 65
years-old
<=
Age-upper limit - Not applicable
Gender - Male and Female
Key inclusion criteria - 1. Older individuals: Residents aged 65 or older living in Meguro Ward, Ota Ward, or Shibuya Ward, Tokyo
2. Family caregiver: If the older participant has a family member providing care, the primary caregiver
3. Care manager: If the older participant was referred by a care manager, that care manager
Key exclusion criteria - None.
Target Size - 100
Recruitment Status:
Recruitment status - Preinitiation
Date of protocol fixation - 2025 Year 05 Month 14 Day
Date of IRB - 2025 Year 05 Month 14 Day
Anticipated trial start date - 2025 Year 12 Month 01 Day
Last follow-up date - 2026 Year 05 Month 31 Day
To know more, visit https://center6.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000068010
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