Not_yet_recruitingNANCT07580690

Integrating Health and Social Service Needs for Frail Elders at Point of Care: Development and Evaluation of an IT-based Digital Needs-assessment Tool

Sponsor: Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School

Trial Details

ConditionFrail Elderly Patients, Geriatric Syndromes, Frail Older Adults
InterventionCore: SST-informed care planning; Additional telephone calls
PhaseNA
StatusNot_yet_recruiting
Participants200
Est. Completion30 Dec 2026
Last Updated12 May 2026

Primary Outcome

Service initiation rate

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

Inclusion Criteria: * Patient participant: (i) Aged \>= 60 years at the time of recruitment; (ii) identified as frail, with a CFS score \>= 5 and/or modified HFRS intermediate and high frailty risk (mHFRS) score \>=5; (iii) Singapore citizens or permanent residents; (iv) able to speak and understand English, Chinese or Malay. * Proxy (when responding on behalf of eligible patients): (i) Relative or friend of the patient participant; (ii) Aged 21 years or older; (iii) Familiar with the older adult's health and social situation. Exclusion Criteria: * Patient participant: (i) Currently involved in another study or (ii) residents of nursing homes, or (iii) patients known to home hospice or home palliative care services with a life expectancy of less than 6 months. * Proxy: primary caregivers who are foreign domestic workers will be excluded from the study.

Trial Sites

Countries

Singapore
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