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A Personalized Prevention Program (PPP) Based on the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) for the Prevention of Multidimensional Frailty Related to Non-communicable Chronic Diseases (NCDs) in Older People
Sponsor: Alberto Pilotto
Summary
* Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) can accelerated the aging process and increase the frailty condition * The Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) is the gold standard in the geriatric clinical context * Recently, in Italy the first Guidelines about the CGA in different settings for older people has been pubblicated * The CGA can identify older people at high risk of frailty who can benefit from a personalized prevention program * No studies has been investigated the effects of a personalized prevention program (PPP) based on the CGA in a primary care setting * The main hypothesis is that the CGA assessment can result in personalized prevention programs for older subjects in primary care settings with an effect in reducing the hospitalization rate and can be related to the biological paramters in NCDs
Official title: A Personalized Prevention Program (PPP) Based on the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) for the Prevention of Multidimensional Frailty Related to Non-communicable Chronic Diseases (NCDs) in Older People: a Practical Approach in Primary Care Setting
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
65 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
1216
Start Date
2024-06-04
Completion Date
2025-05
Last Updated
2024-08-28
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
Brief-MPI assessment (based on the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment); Personalized Prevention Program
Patients will be evaluated at baseline and at 6 and 12 months after the baseline through the CGA, the Resilience Scale (RS-14 items) and the Psychological General Wellbeing Index short form. The prevention program will be received at the baseline, so at the two follow-ups patients wiil asked the adherence to it and the level of satisfaction (Client Satisfaction Questionnaire - 8 items). Saliva sample will be collected and analyzed.
Locations (4)
Polimedica Societa' Cooperativa
Bari, Italy
Medici Insieme Garda Valsabbia Societa' Cooperativa
Desenzano del Garda, Italy
Ambulatori medici
Florence, Italy
COMEGEN Società Cooperativa Sociale
Naples, Italy