{"type":"trials","record":{"id":44028,"source_id":"clinicaltrials-gov","external_id":"NCT05264207","title":"Nursing Students' Visits to Older Adults With Multiple Chronic Conditions","brief_summary":"BACKGROUND The concurrence of multiple chronic conditions in older adults is associated with increased healthcare expenditure, increased hospital admissions, consultations and pharmaceutical expenditure. Having been diagnosed with multiple chronic conditions is associated with biopsychosocial health deterioration, worsening quality of life and increased mortality in older adults. Consequently, older adults with multiple chronic conditions present complex health statuses that require healthcare professional to focus on promoting health and independence through self-care. Available evidence suggests that the implementation of programs with individualized interventions focused on health promotion could improve self-care and other related variables in older people with chronic conditions. In this regard, the World Health Organization recommends the implementation of community health promotion programs including at least 5 home-visits carried out by healthcare professionals to promote self-care, independence, and quality of life amongst older adults with chronic conditions. However, the evidence on the cost-effectiveness of such visiting programs is inconsistent, which makes it difficult to integrate them into the services offered by public-funded healthcare systems. In search of more effective interventions to improve self-care and other related variables amongst older adults with multiple chronic conditions, nursing student visits could be a valid, effective alternative. Some studies suggest that the implementation of periodic follow-up programs (visits or telephone calls) by nursing students not only improves their knowledge and attitudes in relation to the care of older adults, but they could also have a positive impact on patients. STUDY'S HYPOTHESIS A program of supervised visits carried out by nursing students will significantly improve self-care behaviors and other related variables amongst older adults with multiple chronic conditions. AIM The aim of the VISITAME project is to examine the short-term (12 weeks) and medium-term (6 months) effects of a nursing students' home-visit programme on self-care behaviors amongst older adults with multiple chronic conditions. STUDY DESIGN A parallel two-arm randomized controlled trial (RCT) will be carried out. Participants will be randomly assigned to either an intervention group (IG) or a control group (CG).","overall_status":"Completed","phases":[],"study_type":"INTERVENTIONAL","sponsor":"Universidad de Almeria","enrollment":252,"countries":["Spain"],"start_date":"2022-03-15","completion_date":"2023-06-30","last_update_date":"2023-12-20","source_url":"https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05264207","editorial_summary":"A registered study indexed because it matched monitored longevity research terms. Registry status: Completed. Registration does not establish safety or effectiveness.","first_seen_at":"2026-09-25T01:25:45.944732+00:00","last_seen_at":"2026-09-25T06:25:45.678+00:00","metadata":{"sex":"ALL","acronym":"VISITAME","age_range":"65 Years","comparator":"Control group","organization":"Universidad de Almeria","interventions":["Nursing students' home-visit programme","Standard care from Public Andalusian Health Service"],"registry_source":"ClinicalTrials.gov","outcome_measures":["Change in self-care behaviours — Changes from baseline to 3-month and 6-month follow-up","Change in self-efficacy in self-care — Changes from baseline to 3-month and 6-month follow-up","Change in loneliness — Changes from baseline to 3-month and 6-month follow-up","Change in perceived social support — Changes from baseline to 3-month and 6-month follow-up","Change in funcional capacity for activities of daily living — Changes from baseline to 3-month and 6-month follow-up","Change in nutritional status — Changes from baseline to 3-month and 6-month follow-up","Change in diet quality — Changes from baseline to 3-month and 6-month follow-up","Change in health-related quality of life — Changes from baseline to 3-month and 6-month follow-up","Change in dignity — Changes from baseline to 3-month and 6-month follow-up","Change in personal autonomy — Changes from baseline to 3-month and 6-month follow-up","Change in falls — Changes from baseline to 3-month and 6-month follow-up","Change in hospital admissions — Changes from baseline to 3-month and 6-month follow-up","Change in visits to emergency departments — Changes from baseline to 3-month and 6-month follow-up"],"design_description":"RANDOMIZED · PARALLEL · SUPPORTIVE CARE · DOUBLE","source_has_results":false},"controlled_terms":["Chronic Disease","Nursing students' home-visit programme","Standard care from Public Andalusian Health Service"],"relevance_confidence":100,"source_quality_score":100,"freshness_score":65,"publication_state":"published","match_explanation":"Title contains controlled term: multiple chronic conditions.","quality_checked_at":"2026-09-25T06:25:48.368501+00:00","duplicate_cluster_key":"id:nct05264207","duplicate_of_id":null,"evidence_snapshot":{"status":"structured","version":1,"duration":"2022-03-15 to 2023-06-30","comparator":"Control group","confidence":"structured-source","population":"ALL · 65 Years","provenance":{"duration":"start_date and completion_date","comparator":"registry arm fields","population":"registry eligibility fields","intervention":"registry intervention fields","participants":"enrollment","study_design":"study_type and registry design fields","evidence_stage":"phases","reported_outcome":"not available","outcomes_measured":"registry outcome-measure fields"},"generated_at":"2026-09-25T06:25:45.724Z","intervention":["Nursing students' home-visit programme","Standard care from Public Andalusian Health Service"],"participants":252,"study_design":"RANDOMIZED · PARALLEL · SUPPORTIVE CARE · DOUBLE","subject_scope":"Human clinical study registration","evidence_stage":"Phase not reported","safety_context":"Eligibility, adverse-event details, and clinical decisions must be checked in the official registry and with qualified clinicians.","source_support":"Structured registry protocol metadata; no finding-level conclusion is generated.","main_limitation":"This is a study registration. No reusable structured result is available here, so it cannot show whether the intervention worked or was safe.","reported_outcome":null,"outcomes_measured":["Change in self-care behaviours — Changes from baseline to 3-month and 6-month follow-up","Change in self-efficacy in self-care — Changes from baseline to 3-month and 6-month follow-up","Change in loneliness — Changes from baseline to 3-month and 6-month follow-up","Change in perceived social support — Changes from baseline to 3-month and 6-month follow-up","Change in funcional capacity for activities of daily living — Changes from baseline to 3-month and 6-month follow-up","Change in nutritional status — Changes from baseline to 3-month and 6-month follow-up","Change in diet quality — Changes from baseline to 3-month and 6-month follow-up","Change in health-related quality of life — Changes from baseline to 3-month and 6-month follow-up","Change in dignity — Changes from baseline to 3-month and 6-month follow-up","Change in personal autonomy — Changes from baseline to 3-month and 6-month follow-up","Change in falls — Changes from baseline to 3-month and 6-month follow-up","Change in hospital admissions — Changes from baseline to 3-month and 6-month follow-up","Change in visits to emergency departments — Changes from baseline to 3-month and 6-month follow-up"],"regulatory_context":"Trial registration is not regulatory approval and does not establish that an intervention is available."},"clinical_trial_topics":[{"topic_slug":"multimorbidity","is_published":true,"match_reasons":["Title contains controlled term: multiple chronic conditions.","Abstract contains controlled term: multiple chronic conditions.","Title supplies longevity context: older adult.","Study type is explicitly identified as INTERVENTIONAL."],"matched_fields":["title","abstract","title context","study type"],"relevance_score":100,"intelligence_topics":{"name":"Multimorbidity","slug":"multimorbidity"}}],"content_sources":{"name":"ClinicalTrials.gov","homepage_url":"https://clinicaltrials.gov/"}},"canonical_url":"https://www.immortal.life/trials/44028","automation_disclosure":"Generated automatically from cited source metadata. 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