As of 2019, TRIGEN @ North West has reached out to 398 university students, 647 secondary school students and 184 patients.
Patient feedback surveys done from 2016-2017 showed that 94.4% of the patients felt happier after home visits and 83.3% felt less lonely after the visit. In addition, a high percentage found the students respectful (96%) and easy to talk to (83%).
TRIGEN has played a part in correcting ageist attitudes among students.
The Kogan’s Attitudes toward Old People Scale (KOP) and Palmore’s Facts on Aging Quiz (FAQ) were administered to secondary school students between 2015 to 2017. Paired t-tests were used to compare pre- and post-cycle differences in score.
A statistically significant increase in mean KOP scores from 127.42±13.54 to 135.69±13.16, t(224)= 8.04, p≤0.001 and a statistically significant increase in mean FAQ scores from 13.35±2.99 to 14.16±3.58, t(162)= 2.86, p≤0.015 were noted. This suggests that hands on curriculum may be useful in correcting ageist attitudes in students.
KOP scores of entire cohort
FAQ scores of entire cohort
TRIGEN has helped in reducing hospital and emergency department admissions
In follow-up with 116 patients, TriGen visits elicited a statistically significant decrease from from 1.39 to 1.02 in the mean number of hospital admissions in the 6 months following the cycle, compared to the baseline of 6 months before the start of the TriGen cycle.
In addition, in the same batch of follow-up with these 116 patients, TriGen visits elicited a statistically significant decrease in the mean number of emergency department admissions 6 months post-cycle from 1.72 to 1.28, from the baseline of 6 months pre cycle.