A Randomized Controlled Trial to Address a Multimodal Intervention in the Elderly

A Randomized Controlled Trial to Address a Multimodal Intervention in the Elderly: the Efficacy of the CAMINN Study

The study is a quantitative randomized control trial (RCT) with a longitudinal pre-test, mid-test and post-test within and between subject design. It was conducted between July 2023 and December 2024. This study has been developed under a multicenter basis, since the intervention has involved institutionalized participants in two different nursing homes/care facilities as well as participants in community-dwelling settings. Participants were randomly allocated to two groups (experimental and control). Randomization was performed by means of a computer-generated random number schedule. The trial began with 187 participants. The objective of the intervention was to determine if after the application of a multimodal intervention for 18 months, the subjects would obtain significant improvements in the scores of different clinically validated tests

Inclusion Criteria:

• be over 60 years of age or over 55 years of age with a diagnosed pathology and preferably with a recognized physical and/or cognitive dependency; have the cognitive capacity to maintain fluid conversations and repeat movements through a video call with a professional; be able to acquire the ability to connect autonomously to sessions or have a reference person in charge of the connections; the person must have a television with an HDMI input port.

Exclusion Criteria:

• severe cognitive impairment, situations of great physical dependence that lack help, or psychotropic substance abuse or dependence.