NCT01960582: FORMASEvid

Evaluation of Housing Adaptations and Mobility Devices

Completed NA Last updated 9 October 2020

What this trial tests

NA trial testing New Practice Strategy in Activities of Daily Living in 340 participants. Completed in 30 April 2020.

Timeline

11 January 2013

Primary endpoint
30 April 2020

30 April 2020

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Lund University
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	non randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	none
Primary purpose	health services research
Enrollment	340
Start date	11 January 2013
Primary completion	30 April 2020
Estimated completion	30 April 2020
Sites	1 location across Sweden

Drugs / interventions tested

• New Practice Strategy

Conditions studied

• Activities of Daily Living — all drugs for Activities of Daily Living →
• Cost Effectiveness — all drugs for Cost Effectiveness →
• Housing — all drugs for Housing →

Sponsor

Lund University

Who can join

20 and older, any sex, with Activities of Daily Living or Cost Effectiveness. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

The rationale underlying this project is the fact that HA is a very common compensatory interven¬tion within municipality health care, undertaken to support an independent living in the own home. In addition, MD are frequently prescribed and used among HA clients in order to compensate for declined body functions. In spite of this, knowledge of their effects for the individual and the society is still scarce. In particular, systematic, evidence-based strategies based on clear-cut conceptual definitions and descriptions of procedures are lacking. Such strategies are crucial in order to evaluate the effects of HA and MD. In addition, longterm cost-effectiveness evaluations are crucial for policy implementation.

The overarching aim is to investigate outcomes of HA on aspects of home and health for sub-groups of persons with disabilities.

The specific aims are to:

* Investigate the effects of HA on home and health related outcomes, i.e. usability, fear of falling, activity/participation and health-related quality of life for different subgroups of persons, e.g. MD users and non MD-users
* Investigate the use of a new practice strategy for HA on home and health related outcomes for subgroups of persons with disabilities in terms of differences between municipalities
* Investigate societal level outcomes of HA and MD, i.e. costs and quality adjusted life years
* Gain a deeper understanding of the processes behind changes in outcomes We hypothesise that using a structure strategy for housing adaptation and mobility devices case management in ordinary practice in Swedish municipalities increase activity, participation, the usability of the home, and reduces societal costs.

Publications & conference data

4 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. Health-Related Quality of Life among People Applying for Housing Adaptations: Associated Factors.
   Boström L, Chiatti C, Thordardottir B, Ekstam L, et al · · 2018 · cited 11× · PMID 30262784 · DOI 10.3390/ijerph15102130
2. Falls and Fear of Falling among Persons Who Receive Housing Adaptations-Results from a Quasi-Experimental Study in Sweden.
   Carlsson G, Nilsson MH, Ekstam L, Chiatti C, et al · · 2017 · cited 9× · PMID 28961158 · DOI 10.3390/healthcare5040066
3. A research-based strategy for managing housing adaptations: study protocol for a quasi-experimental trial.
   Ekstam L, Carlsson G, Chiatti C, Nilsson MH, et al · · 2014 · cited 8× · PMID 25432718 · DOI 10.1186/s12913-014-0602-5
4. Effects of applying a standardized assessment and evaluation protocol in housing adaptation implementation - results from a quasi-experimental study.
   Malmgren Fänge A, Carlsson G, Axmon A, Thordardottir B, et al · · 2019 · cited 2× · PMID 31684916 · DOI 10.1186/s12889-019-7815-9