Clinical trial NCT06623864: Significant Activities in the Integrated Person-centered Care Model
Official title: Significant Activities in the Implementation of the Integrated Person-centered Care Model: Intervention Protocol
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Old Age; Dementia
Old Age; Debility
Lead sponsor: Universidad de Burgos
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-10-02
Enrollment: 10
Sex: MALE
Minimum age (years): 60
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: The increasing life expectancy and global aging population necessitate changes in long-term gerontological services based on Person-Centred Care approaches. This study aims to improve Person-Centred Care in geriatric centers through meaningful activities and the role of occupational therapists and direct care professionals in developing these activities. A descriptive cross-sectional quasi-experimental design was proposed, with 10 participants.

Detailed description: Background: Increasing life expectancy means that the ageing of populations globally is on the rise. It is therefore important to promote changes in long-term gerontological services based on Person-Centred Care approaches, in which meaningful occupation serves as a basis and is supported by appropriate professional support, such as the occupational therapist and the direct care professional.

Objective: To improve Person-Centred Care in a geriatric centre, through the use of meaningful activities and to identify the role of the occupational therapist and direct care professional in the development of these activities.

Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional quasi-experimental pre-post single-group design is proposed. A total of 10 participants. The methodology used will be mixed. The data collection techniques and tools will be the PDC evaluation instrument pre and post intervention and a survey at the end of the project.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* That the direct care worker has a degree as a nursing assistant, dependency care technician, geroculturist or certificate of professionalism.
* The worker must speak and understand Spanish.
* The residence must offer service during the day, in the morning or afternoon shift.
* Workers must have been with the department for more than 4 months.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Workers who work night shift only.
* Workers on rotating shifts in all departments of the residence.
* Workers absent at the time of the study due to temporary leave, vacations or other causes.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Kruskal-Wallis test
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Spearman's correlation coefficient
timeFrame: 3 months
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Burgos
country: Spain
facility: Olalla Saiz Vazquez
Study officials:
References:
citation: McCormack, B., & McCance, T. (2017). Person-Centred Practice in Nursing and Health Care: Theory and Practice. Wiley-Blackwell.
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