NCT03505619

ASSIST 1.0 an Intervention Program Addressing Reablement Services

Completed NA Last updated 22 September 2020

What this trial tests

NA trial testing ASSIST 1.0 in Older Adults in 20 participants. Completed in 2 March 2020.

Timeline

1 November 2018

Primary endpoint
30 November 2019

2 March 2020

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Karolinska Institutet
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	non randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	double
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	20
Start date	1 November 2018
Primary completion	30 November 2019
Estimated completion	2 March 2020
Sites	1 location across Sweden

Drugs / interventions tested

• ASSIST 1.0

Conditions studied

• Older Adults — all drugs for Older Adults →
• Participation — all drugs for Participation →

Sponsor

Karolinska Institutet

Who can join

65 and older, any sex, with Older Adults or Participation. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Reablement holds a potential to become a new rehabilitation model and has been implemented in some western countries including Norway and Denmark. At present, there is a lack of scientific evidence for the effectiveness of reablement and lack of an explicit theoretical underpinning, leading to a gap in knowledge. Trends show, however, that reablement is beneficial for the person and their significant others, increasing quality of life. There is a need for further investigation of the effects among community-dwelling adults in terms of clinical and economic outcomes. This research project will investigate the effectiveness of reablement including smart products (digitally based) (ASSIST) to facilitate and manage reablement services in home-dwelling adults compared with standard home help services in terms of daily activities, physical functioning, health-related quality of life, coping, mental health, use of health care services, and costs.

Methods and analysis: This feasibility study will evaluate the perceived value and acceptability of ASSIST 1.0 intervention program as the fidelity, reach and dose, and potential outcomes by using a pre-post test design involving an intervention group and a control group (n=30). All participants will be living at home and with a need of home care services. Qualitative interviews among home care providers delivering ASSIST and older adults and their significant others receiving the intervention will be conducted to explore aspects affecting the intervention.

Ethics and dissemination: The results will form the base for refinement of the "ASSIST" program and planning of a large-scale randomized, controlled trial investigating the effect of the program on quality of life as physical health, mental well-being, conditions for social community when focusing on supporting the older person's to meaningful everyday life. Dissemination will include peer-reviewed publications and presentations at national and international conferences.

Publications & conference data

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

1. ASSIST: a reablement program for older adults in Sweden - a feasibility study.
   Assander S, Bergström A, Eriksson C, Meijer S, et al · · 2022 · cited 14× · PMID 35879678 · DOI 10.1186/s12877-022-03185-2
2. Evaluation of an intervention addressing a reablement programme for older, community-dwelling persons in Sweden (ASSIST 1.0): a protocol for a feasibility study.
   Bergström A, Borell L, Meijer S, Guidetti S. · · 2019 · cited 12× · PMID 31345964 · DOI 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025870