Bathing Adaptations in the Homes of Older Adults 2
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Bathing Adaptations in the Homes of Older Adults: a randomised controlled trial, economic evaluation and process evaluation - The BATH-OUT-2 trial
IRAS ID
290805
Contact name
Phillip J Whitehead
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Newcastle University
ISRCTN Number
ISRCTN48563324
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
ISRCTN , TBC
Duration of Study in the UK
2 years, 8 months, 1 days
Research summary
Sometimes older people may become unable to use the bath or shower at home because it is difficult to get in and out of. An occupational therapist may recommend that they have a ‘walk-in’ shower put in. This may enable the person to continue to manage their personal care without help. It may also make it less likely that they have an accident or fall. However, there is limited research on how walk-in showers may help people to manage their personal care as they get older. We want to find out whether having a walk-in shower improves or maintains older people’s health, safety, quality of life, and ability to manage their personal care. We want to answer two important questions: is the provision of walk-in showers effective? If so, is quicker provision more effective?
This study will be conducted in four regions where the waiting times for walk-in showers are longer than four months. Three hundred and sixty people aged 65 and over, who have been referred to the council for a walk-in shower, will join the study. We will randomly allocate half to begin the process for walk-in shower installation straight away (intervention group). The other half will go on the usual waiting list (control group) which can be between 4 and 9 months before the shower is put in. We will compare the two groups 4 weeks after the intervention group has received their showers. We will also compare the groups again 2 weeks before and 4 and 12 weeks after the control group has received their showers. We want to see whether those who had to wait for their shower to be put in have more long-term difficulties with everyday activities, and whether they need more help from family, or health and social care services.
REC name
London - Camberwell St Giles Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
21/LO/0044
Date of REC Opinion
5 Mar 2021
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion