Self-Care for Older People (SCOPE): a cluster randomized controlled trial of self-care training and health outcomes in low-income elderly in Singapore.
Contemp Clin Trials
; 41: 313-24, 2015 Mar.
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ABSTRACT
UNLABELLED Population aging is associated with a higher prevalence of chronic health conditions. Previous studies have shown that older persons, specifically those with chronic conditions, often lack sufficient knowledge about their condition and thus frequently have poor self-care skills. Efforts to increase general health screenings and improve access to chronic condition management resources are hampered by a lack of disease and health awareness. Self-Care for Older People (SCOPE) study, a cluster randomized controlled trial in Singapore, was designed to evaluate the impact of a self-care program for chronic disease awareness and management of specific health measures and quality of life of older people over eighteen months. SCOPE provided self-care education targeted at older people with low income and low education in order to improve health-related knowledge. A total of 378 low-income older people with no or minimal disability, defined as having difficulty in one or more activities of daily living (ADL), were recruited from senior activity centers. The measurements taken included self-reported health conditions, health and disease knowledge questions, and biomarkers (HbA1c, blood pressure, peak expiratory flow, lipid panel, albumin, and creatinine). SCOPE was also designed to provide information for policy makers on chronic disease burden and healthcare facility utilization among community-dwelling older adults. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER NCT01672177.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Contexto em Saúde:
1_ASSA2030
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2_ODS3
Problema de saúde:
1_doencas_nao_transmissiveis
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2_muertes_prematuras_enfermedades_notrasmisibles
Assunto principal:
Autocuidado
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Atividades Cotidianas
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Educação de Pacientes como Assunto
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Doença Pulmonar Obstrutiva Crônica
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Diabetes Mellitus
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Hipertensão
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
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Patient_preference
Limite:
Aged
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Humans
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Contemp Clin Trials
Assunto da revista:
MEDICINA
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TERAPEUTICA
Ano de publicação:
2015
Tipo de documento:
Article