ElderTree Smart System for Older Adults
CompletedNot applicableNCT04798196
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
Multiple chronic conditions (MCCs) are costly and pervasive among older adults. MCCs account for 90% of Medicare spending, and 65% of Medicare beneficiaries have 3 or more chronic conditions; 23% have 5 or more. MCCs are often addressed in primary care, where time pressures force a focus on medication and lab results rather than self-management skills. The primary purpose of this study is to investigate whether voice-activated "smart" technology increases adoption and sustains use of an evidence-based electronic health intervention (Elder Tree, or ET) for older adults with multiple chronic conditions, and thereby improves its potential to widely enhance quality of life and health outcomes. ET is an existing intervention providing tools, motivation, and support on a computer platform to help older adults manage their health. An Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ)-funded randomized controlled trial (RCT) found that ET improved quality of life and other factors among high users of primary care with multiple chronic conditions such as diabetes and hypertension. However, many people did not use it extensively, which is a common problem with all web apps.
Study details
- Official title
- Using Smart Devices to Implement an Evidence-based eHealth System for Older Adults
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Behavioral: ElderTree on laptop (ET- LT)
- Behavioral: ElderTree on smart system (ET- SS)
- Behavioral: Treatment as usual (TAU)
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
- Collaborators
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
- Start date
- 2021-07-29
- Primary completion
- 2023-09-26
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 60 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- true
- Results posted
- Yes, on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Be ≥60 years old; * Have been treated in University of Wisconsin (UW) Health clinics, with no plans to leave during the study period (only relevant for UW Health patients, not patients recruited from the community); * Have a chronic pain diagnosis AND a medical diagnoses of three or more of the following common chronic conditions: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, ischemic heart disease, atrial fibrillation, heart failure, stroke, BMI 30+, cancer, chronic kidney disease, depression, osteoporosis, arthritis, or dizziness/falls/loss of vestibular function; * Be willing to share healthcare use (e.g. 30-day readmissions) in electronic health records (only relevant for UW Health patients, not patients recruited from the community); and * Allow researchers to share information about a patient's health status with their primary care physician (PCP). Exclusion Criteria: * Require an interpreter * Have a medical diagnosis of any of the following: * Alzheimer's * Schizophrenia/other psychotic disorders * Dementia * Autism spectrum disorder * Known terminal illness with less than 6 months to live * Acute medical problem requiring immediate hospitalization
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04798196