Anticipatory care planning for community-dwelling older adults at risk of functional decline: a feasibility cluster randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine the feasibility, implementation and outcomes of an Anticipatory Care Planning (ACP) intervention in primary care to assist older adults at risk of functional decline by developing a personalized support plan.

Design

Feasibility cluster randomized control trial.

Setting and participants

Eight primary care practices (four in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom and four in the Republic of Ireland) were randomly assigned to either intervention or control arm. Eligible patients were those identified in each practice as 70 years of age or older and assessed as at risk of functional decline. Study participants (intervention n = 34, control n = 31) and research staff were not blinded to group assignment.

Anticipatory care intervention

The intervent

SUBMITTER: Brazil K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9131621 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature