Patient Experience of Older Adults Living Alone With Injuries
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age65-74
SponsorKaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital
About this trial
This study aims to explore the patient experiences of living alone older adults with injuries, and to examine the effects of a "Geriatric Trauma Care Program" in older adults with limb injuries who live alone. A three-year design will be used to reach the purposes of this study. The first stage of this study will use descriptive phenomenology to get patient experiences of living alone older adults with injuries. In the second stage of this study, a two-arm experimental design will be used.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
willing to join this study for 12 weeks
limb injuries,
living alone without any family,
65 to 74 years old,
Disqualifiers
with an ISS greater than 16 (severe injuries)
severe cognitive impairment
severe illness such as organ system insufficiency
diagnosed with depression
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Geriatric Trauma Care Program
Treatment groups
110 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov