Status:

TERMINATED

Primary Care Based Integrated Community Care Team Intervention

Lead Sponsor:

SingHealth Polyclinics

Collaborating Sponsors:

Ministry of Health, Singapore

Agency for Integrated Care, Singapore

Conditions:

Diabetes

Diabetes Mellitus

Eligibility:

All Genders

50+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

PACE-It study is a non-blinded, mix-method randomized controlled trial within a single site. This study aims to test the feasibility of implementing a complex intervention comprising of a) a Primary C...

Detailed Description

PACE-It study aims to test the feasibility of implementing a complex intervention comprising of a) a Primary Care Based Community Care Team delivery of person centered care b) supported by a care co-o...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Living within the designated geographical zone
  • 50 years and above
  • Satisfy the Medical Criteria below:
  • Diabetes with HbA1c ≥ 9% (within past 6 months), and
  • At least 1 complication
  • chronic kidney impairment stage 3 and above, or diabetes overt nephropathy,
  • ischaemic heart disease, or congestive cardiac failure,
  • peripheral arterial disease, or diabetes foot/ diabetes foot-related complications,
  • diabetic retinopathy/ treatment for retinopathy, and
  • stroke, or transient ischaemic attack
  • Satisfy at least 2 conditions in the psycho-social, functional or activation domain of which 1 criteria must be from the psycho-social domain:
  • Psycho-social issues
  • a. Lack of care giver support i. No care-giver (when indicated) ii. Care-giver skills gap/ stress iii. Inability of copy when patient is the care-giver b. Difficult relationships (family/ workplace/ social network) c. Social isolation/ lack of social connectivity i. Lives alone ii. Lack of social network support d. Financial i. Financial difficulty/ insecurity ii. Housing/ shelter issues iii. Poor money management
  • Functional
  • Clinical Frailty Score ≥ 4, requiring help in instrumental activities of daily living (iADL)
  • Requires assistance in ADL or iADL
  • Activation a. Lack of ability to manage health - disengaged or overwhelmed i. Anxiety or disease-related distress ii. Confusion or lack of understanding of care plans iii. Non-adherence to medications/ follow up
  • Patient gives consent to participate
  • For patients who may be seeing a Primary Care Physician (PCP) outside of the polyclinic for chronic disease management and where the PCP has indicated consent to co-manage the patient with the PACE-It team including the polyclinic physician
  • Patient must be willing to receive care in the polyclinic

Exclusion

  • Patients who are on follow up with Primary Care Physicians or General Practitioners elsewhere for management of their chronic conditions and they do not consent to co-managing patient with the PACE-It team
  • Patients who have severe cognitive impairment, depression or psychiatric conditions that interfere with the ability to engage with the healthcare team
  • Patients who are (i) not community ambulant or (ii) bed bound
  • Patients with terminal illness
  • Patients who have are in other programs or research studies
  • Patients who do not give consent

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

December 7 2020

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

February 8 2022

Estimated Enrollment :

41 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04819256

Start Date

December 7 2020

End Date

February 8 2022

Last Update

April 28 2022

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SingHealth Polyclinics - Marine Parade, 80 Marine Parade Central, #01-792

Singapore, Singapore, 440080