Home › Research › Health systems and care delivery
3D Team Care Management Trial: Study Design Features and Participant Characteristics
Richard H. Fortinsky. Innovation in Aging, 2020-12-01
Topic: Risk, prevention and care in population studies
Abstract This clinical trial was designed in partnership with a Medicare Advantage (MA) plan, with the goal of comparing two care management approaches for its MA policyholders age >65 living with cognitive vulnerability. To test the efficacy of the 3D Team, we are using a randomized design, with the comparison group receiving telephonic care management currently offered to MA members. In this presentation, detailed aspects of the study design, characteristics of the study population, and patterns of 3D team referrals will be explained. To date, 390 older adults and 306 informal caregivers are enrolled in the trial toward a recruitment goal of 576 older adults and 380 caregivers. Among older adults, 40% have depression only, 23% have dementia only, and the rest have more than one of these conditions and/or delirium. Most common referrals by 3D Team nurse practitioners are to the community health educator and to physical and occupational therapy.
Cite this study APA, Vancouver, BibTeX · download .bib or .ris
APA 7th
Fortinsky, R. H. (2020). 3D Team Care Management Trial: Study Design Features and Participant Characteristics. Innovation in Aging. https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.2678
Vancouver
Fortinsky RH. 3D Team Care Management Trial: Study Design Features and Participant Characteristics. Innovation in Aging. 2020. doi:10.1093/geroni/igaa057.2678.
BibTeX
@article{fortinsky2020-6c04db48,
author = {Fortinsky, Richard H.},
title = {{3D Team Care Management Trial: Study Design Features and Participant Characteristics}},
journal = {Innovation in Aging},
year = {2020},
doi = {10.1093/geroni/igaa057.2678},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.2678}
}
Built from the record alzhub holds for this paper, not looked up. Volume, issue and page numbers are not held in the record. Check the citation against the original before you use it.
Key findings
- To test the efficacy of the 3D Team, we are using a randomized design, with the comparison group receiving telephonic care management currently offered to MA members.
- In this presentation, detailed aspects of the study design, characteristics of the study population, and patterns of 3D team referrals will be explained.
- To date, 390 older adults and 306 informal caregivers are enrolled in the trial toward a recruitment goal of 576 older adults and 380 caregivers.
- Among older adults, 40% have depression only, 23% have dementia only, and the rest have more than one of these conditions and/or delirium.
- Most common referrals by 3D Team nurse practitioners are to the community health educator and to physical and occupational therapy.
Why it matters
This describes the design and early enrollment of a trial comparing two care management approaches for Medicare Advantage members with cognitive vulnerability. It does not yet test a treatment, cure, or prevention for Alzheimer's disease.
Study details
- Evidence strengthHigh
How this study scored 31/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Scored zero for study design, sample size, effect reported, studied in people and randomised / blinded because the record does not state it.
| Component | Points | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (Innovation in Aging) |
| Journal's citation record | 0 / 4 | Innovation in Aging: journal h-index 48 (OpenAlex, 2026-10-29) |
| Study design | 0 / 12 | No study design recorded — scores zero, not guessed (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Strength of evidence | 5 / 5 | Rated “high” in our summary |
| Peer-review validation | 10 / 10 | Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal. |
| How recent | 2 / 5 | 2020 — within 10 year(s) of the newest study here |
| Sample size | 0 / 4 | Participant count not stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Effect reported | 0 / 3 | No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Studied in people | 0 / 3 | Not stated whether this was studied in people — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Randomised / blinded | 0 / 2 | No randomisation or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Times cited | 0 / 7 | Cited 0 times (OpenAlex, 2026-10-10) |
| Citations per year | 0 / 5 | 0.0 citations a year over 8 year(s) since 2020 |
| Impact for its field and year | 0 / 6 | Cited 0.0× the average for papers of its field and year (OpenAlex FWCI) |
| Cited by studies here | 0 / 6 | No other study in this library cites it |
| Still being cited | 0 / 4 | Cited 0 times in 2024–2026 (2026 still in progress; OpenAlex) |
| Senior author's track record | 3 / 4 | Last-listed author Richard H. Fortinsky: h-index 52 (OpenAlex, whole career) |
| Institution's track record | 1 / 3 | University of Connecticut: institution h-index 736 (OpenAlex) |
| Multi-centre collaboration | 0 / 3 | OpenAlex lists 1 institution(s) in 1 country — scores zero (affiliation lists can be incomplete) |
| Indexed in PubMed | 1 / 2 | Not in PubMed, but has a DOI |
| Free to read | 2 / 2 | Free to read |
| Total | 31 / 100 | — |
What each of these 20 components measures, and what this score is not →
Read the original
Full text: free to read — OpenAlex lists this copy as free to read: the link above (checked 6 Feb 1020).
Related studies in Health systems and care delivery
Also in Health systems and care delivery
172 studies in the library are filed under Health systems and care delivery with no topic tag they share with another; these are this study's neighbours in a fixed tour of them. The Health systems and care delivery hub.