Assessing the Relationship Between Chronic Pain and Frailty in Older Adults

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• Conditions: Chronic Pain; Frailty

• Registration Number: NCT06672003
• Lead Sponsor: Celal Bayar University

Brief Summary

Pain is an unpleasant emotional sensation related to one's past experiences, originating from a certain part of the body, due to tissue damage or not. Pain is the most commonly reported symptom in the elderly. Chronic pain is persistent or recurrent pain lasting more than 3 months. It is a maladaptive process or a disease that requires multimodal treatment that causes functional decline, independent of the healing process, accompanied by affective, cognitive and motivational disorders, and deterioration in quality of life. Frailty: It is defined as a clinical condition characterized by weakness, physical disability, functional regression, inadequacy in activities of daily living, and increased dependence, which develops as a result of the decrease in physiological reserves in the body with age. It has been reported that the risk of falls, disability, hospitalization and premature death is higher in the frail elderly. The prevalence of vulnerability in societies varies. Frailty rates ranging from 4 to 59% have been reported in developed and developing countries. In this study, it was aimed to evaluate whether there is a relationship between chronic pain and frailty in individuals aged 65 and over.

Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2023-11-01
• Study First Submitted: 2024-08-09
• Status Verified: 2024-11
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-11-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-11-01
• Study First Posted: 2024-11-04
• Last Update Posted: 2024-11-04
• Primary Completion: 2024-12-31
• Study Completion: 2025-05-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 262

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients with chronic pain who are registered with a family medicine unit

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Exclusion Criteria

• Having an active malignancy,
• having a physical disability,
• being bedridden,
• having a psychotic disorder,
• having a cognitive disorder, and refusing to participate.

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Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
frailty	12 months	Participants' frailty levels will be determined.
chronic pain	6 months	The relationship between participants' frailty levels and chronic pain frequency will be examined.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Manisa Celal Bayar University; 🇹🇷 Manisa, Turkey