The Relationship Between Atrial Fibrillation and Frailty in Community-Dwelling
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Enrollment
- 256
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Frailty status
Study Overview
Brief Summary
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmias in clinical practice. Research investigating hospitalized patients have indicated there are deleterious effects of AF on patients besides the disease burden itself, including longer stay days for hospitalization, higher rates of frailty and increasing mortality rate after discharged in six months. In the community-dwelling research also found that elderly with AF have lower cognitive function, physical functional tests score and slower walking speed compared with the health ones. However, there is limited articles investigating the impact of AF on community-dwelling elderly, and the relationship between AF and frailty is also lack of discussion. According to the aged society and increasing prevalence of AF, the relationship between AF and frailty in community-dwelling elderly is warranting investigated.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Observational Model
- Ecologic Or Community
- Time Perspective
- Cross Sectional
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 65 Years to — (Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •Older than 65 years old
Exclusion Criteria
- •diagnosed with the following disease
- •Cardiovascular diseases: myocardial infarction, peripheral vascular diseases, aortic plaque
- •Cerebrovascular disease: stroke, transient ischemic attack, emboli
- •Heart failure
- •Participants who cannot finish the trial
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Frailty status
Time Frame: The frail status assessment would take about 10 minutes
Edmonton frail scale and Frailty criteria by Dr. Fried would be used to evaluate the frail status of the participants
Secondary Outcomes
- Body composition(The body composition test would take about 10 minutes)