NCT00783055

Autonomy Among Physically Frail Older People in Nursing Homes

Autonomy Among Physically Frail Older People in Nursing Homes: a Study Protocol for an Intervention Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 66 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Southern Denmark · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the status of perceived autonomy and to evaluate the effectiveness of individually tailored programmes on perceived autonomy in physically frail older people living in nursing homes.

Detailed description

Experiencing autonomy is recognised to promote health and well-being for all age groups. Perceived lack of control has been found to be detrimental to physical and mental health. There is a lack of evidence-based knowledge elucidating how frail older people in nursing home settings perceive autonomy. Further, there are no studies on the extent to which this perception can be influenced positively by participating in an individually tailored programme based on individual wishes for daily activities. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of individually tailored programmes on perceived autonomy in physically frail older people in nursing homes.

Conditions

• Frailty

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Individually tailored programmes	Individualised intervention programmes based on individual wishes for daily activities

Timeline

• Start date: 2005-03-01
• Primary completion: 2007-08-01
• Completion: 2007-08-01
• First posted: 2008-10-31
• Last updated: 2008-10-31

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Denmark