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Integrating Health Promotion With and for Older People - eHealth
Sponsor: Göteborg University
Summary
The Integrating Health promotion with and for Older People eHealth (IHOPe) project is expected to contribute vital knowledge on how older peoples capabilities and societal resources can be used in a more efficient way to promote health, self-management and enhance teamwork in partnership.The aim is to describe and evaluate this person-centered e-support intervention that promotes a sustainable partnership between community-dwelling frail older people and health and social care professionals. A digital platform, co-created with users and designed to create inclusion of individuals who today are living in a digital alienation, will be used in the health planning. In IHOPe frail older people will be able to identify their potential health issues but also their resources together with team partners from health- and social care, family or societal representatives. The intervention consists of person-centered phone calls with a health care professional as well as access to a digital platform that is accessible to the old person and invited team-partners. The project includes a randomized controlled trial, a process evaluation and a health economic evaluation. People 75 years or older screened as frail will be included. Also, in the process evaluation team-partners using the digital platform will be included. Specifically, this project is expected to reduce hospitalizations, result in improved or retained self-efficacy whilst being cost effective. Additionally, the project is expected to enhance frail older peoples opportunities to participate as an equal partner in their contacts with health and social services.
Official title: Integrating Health Promotion With and for Older People - eHealth: a Randomised Controlled Trial, in the Context of Good Quality Local Health Care
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
75 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
220
Start Date
2021-01-25
Completion Date
2027-12-31
Last Updated
2025-03-12
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Interventions
Integrating Health promotion with and for Older People - eHealth
The intervention will be delivered for 6 months on top of usual care. It will be provided by HCPs. If needed one home visit to install the digital platform will be conducted. A HCP will introduce how to use the digital platform and create a personal account. The intervention starts with a person-centred phone-call where a health plan is co-created and potential team members to support this are identified and invited. The health plan includes the older persons' goals, internal and external resources, and need of support from health and/or social-services. This plan will be the point of departure for the forthcoming dialogue. A digital platform will open up for extended and safe communication and visualize the health planning between the older person and team-members in different settings. The older person and the HCP and involved team members on the digital platform will regularly evaluate the health plan and commonly agreed goals.
Locations (1)
Arvid Wallgrensbacke 7
Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden