Mobility tests to screen for frailty: Validity in older nursing home residents

• Conditions: Senility; frailty in older nursing home residents; R54

• Registration Number: DRKS00007576
• Lead Sponsor: Hochschule für gesundheit, Bochum

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2014-12-02
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Pending
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 120

Inclusion Criteria

individuals living in a nursing home or senior residence or any other institution where some kind of care is provided

Exclusion Criteria

1. Contraindication for mobilization
2. No consent for participation
3. Blindness
4. Deafness
5. German language skills that are not sufficient for comprehension of instructions
6. Insufficient ability to give informed consent (sufficient cognitive and verbal abilities, e.g. no severe dementia, no severe dysphasia, no severe aphasia)
7. Acute infections
8. Akute illness
9. Scheduling difficulties

Study & Design

• Study Type: observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Criterion Validity: Sensitivity and Specificity of each mobility instrument (index test) with respect to frailty, as measured with the Frailty Phenotype (reference test).

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Criterion Validity: Sensitivity and Specificity of each mobility instrument (index test) with respect to frailty, as measured with the Frailty Index (reference test).