The Relationship Between Atrial Fibrillation and Frailty in Community-Dwelling Elderly

Completed

• Conditions: Frail Elderly Syndrome; Atrial Fibrillation
• Interventions: Behavioral: Frailty status assessment

• Registration Number: NCT03420326
• Lead Sponsor: National Taiwan University Hospital

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.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2018-01
• Study First Submitted: 2018-01-25
• Study Start: 2018-01-26
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-01-28
• Study First Posted: 2018-02-05
• Primary Completion: 2018-06-01
• Study Completion: 2018-06-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-03-03
• Last Update Posted: 2019-03-05

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 256

Inclusion Criteria

• Older than 65 years old

Exclusion Criteria

diagnosed with the following disease

1. Cardiovascular diseases: myocardial infarction, peripheral vascular diseases, aortic plaque
2. Cerebrovascular disease: stroke, transient ischemic attack, emboli
3. Heart failure
4. Participants who cannot finish the trial

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Atria fibrillation (AF) group	Frailty status assessment	1. Detection of AF during 30 seconds ECG assessment 2. Once diagnosed with atrial fibrillation before 3. Undergo the frailty status assessment
Non-AF group	Frailty status assessment	1. No detection of AF during 30 seconds ECG assessment 2. Undergo the frailty status assessment

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Frailty status	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 Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Body composition	The body composition test would take about 10 minutes	Maltron BioScan BF-920, Essex, UK would be used to assess participants' body composition

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Ming-Ting Yang; 🇨🇳 Taipei, Zhongzheng District, Taiwan