NCT00974506

Pilot Study: Complementary Therapies in Geriatric Patients

Pilot Study Complementary Therapies in Geriatric Patients

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (actual)
• Sponsor: Charite University, Berlin, Germany · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

In a randomized controlled pilot study the investigators include geriatric patients living in a geriatric residential community. Two interventions are compared: 1. a complex intervention containing exercise therapy, nutritional advice, homeopathy and naturopathy in addition to routine therapy by the general practitioner 2. routine care by general practitioner The investigators assess the effect of the complex intervention on activities of daily living (AMPS, Barthel Index, Nosger), quality of life (Qualidem, Profile of Wellbeing), risk of falls (Tinetti), falls, cognition (Minimental Status Test), hospital admissions, medication use. The results of this exploratory study are needed to plan a randomized controlled trial (RCT) with confirmatory design in the future.

Conditions

• Geriatric Patients

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	CAM-intervention	Complex intervention containing exercise therapy, nutritional advice, homeopathic treatment, naturopathic treatment in addition to routine care therapy by general practitioner
OTHER	Routine care therapy	Routine care therapy by general practitioner

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-08-01
• Primary completion: 2011-04-01
• Completion: 2011-10-01
• First posted: 2009-09-10
• Last updated: 2012-07-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany