PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Lesley Brown
AU  - Anne Heaven
AU  - Catherine Quinn
AU  - Victoria Goodwin
AU  - Carolyn Chew-Graham
AU  - Farhat Mahmood
AU  - Sarah Hallas
AU  - Ikhlaq Jacob
AU  - Caroline Brundle
AU  - Kate Best
AU  - Amrit Daffu-O'Reilly
AU  - Karen Spilsbury
AU  - Tracey Anne Young
AU  - Rebecca Hawkins
AU  - Barbara Hanratty
AU  - Elizabeth Teale
AU  - Andrew Clegg
TI  - Community Ageing Research 75+ (CARE75+) REMOTE study: a remote model of recruitment and assessment of the health, well-being and social circumstances of older people
AID  - 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-048524
DP  - 2021 Nov 01
TA  - BMJ Open
PG  - e048524
VI  - 11
IP  - 11
4099  - http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/11/e048524.short
4100  - http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/11/e048524.full
SO  - BMJ Open2021 Nov 01; 11
AB  - Introduction The Community Ageing Research 75+ (CARE75+) study is a longitudinal cohort study collecting extensive health and social data, with a focus on frailty, independence and quality of life in older age. CARE75+ was the first international experimental frailty research cohort designed using trial within cohorts (TwiCs) methodology, aligning epidemiological research with clinical trial evaluation of interventions to improve the health and well-being of older people. CARE75+ REMOTE is an extension of CARE75+ using a remote model that does not require face-to-face interactions for data collection in the current circumstances of a global pandemic and will provide an efficient, sustainable data collection model.Methods and analysis Prospective cohort study using TwiCs. One thousand community-dwelling older people (≥75 years) will be recruited from UK general practices by telephone. Exclusions include: nursing home/care home residents; those with an estimated life expectancy of 3 months or less; and people receiving palliative care.Data collection Assessments will be conducted by telephone, web-submission or postal questionnaire: baseline, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, 24 months, 30 months and 36 months. Measures include activities of daily living, mood, health-related quality of life, comorbidities, medications, frailty, informal care, healthcare and social care service use. Consent will be sought for data linkage and invitations to additional studies (sub-studies).Ethics and dissemination CARE75+ was approved by the National Research Ethics Service (NRES) Committee Yorkshire and the Humber—Bradford Leeds 10 October 2014 (14/YH/1120). CARE75+ REMOTE (amendment 13) was approved on the 18th November 2020. Consent is sought if an individual is willing to participate and has capacity to provide informed consent. Consultee assent is sought if an individual lacks capacity. Results will be disseminated in peer-reviewed scientific journals and conferences. Results will be summarised and disseminated to study participants via newsletters, local engagement events and on a bespoke website.Trial registration number ISRCTN16588124.