Adopting a Health-social Partnership Program to Promote Health and Self-care Management Among Older Adults in the Community

Hong Kong has notably the longest life expectancy in the world. Ever-increasing demand and challenges are posing to the healthcare, social welfare, and elderly care service system. As a global public health strategy to address the increasing burdens, there is a strong urge for an effective approach to enhance the health and self-care ability among the older adults dwelling in the community. Literature suggested that the effectiveness of community-based self-care management programs is inconclusive. In addition, though the concept of the health-social partnership has been widely promoted to improve primary care, literature addressed that the multiple barriers existed throughout the collaboration. More evidence should be sought in the local context to evaluate the effectiveness of self-care complex interventions program among older adults.

NCT Number	NCT05621720
Lead Sponsor	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Conditions	Healthy Aging
Enrollment	788 participants
Start Date	2022-06-06
Primary Completion	2025-01-31 (estimated)
Study Completion	2025-04-30 (estimated)
Updated on ClinicalTrials.gov	2024-10-17