Epidemiological profile of frail elderly receiving care in the Geriatric Clinic at a high complexity hospital

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: The study attempted to evaluate frailty in nonagenarians, classifying elderly in frail, intermediate and not frail.; Other - Conditions of unknown or disputed aetiology (such as chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis); Public Health - Epidemiology; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Physiotherapy

• Registration Number: ACTRN12611000192987
• Lead Sponsor: Aline Aoki

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2011-02-18
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 14

Inclusion Criteria

Were included individuals with ninety years or more, with independent gait with or without auxiliary devices of gait, such as walker or walking stick, and with cognitive capacity to understand the tests.

Exclusion Criteria

The exclusion criteria was being incapable to performance the test, because of a acute clinical condition at the moment of the evaluation for example.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Frailty by the presence of three or more positive results to the measures of wheight loss, weakness, exhaustion, slowness and low physical activity level. Weight loss was measured by a verbal questioning to the volunteer about weight loss in the past year, a afirmative answer was a positive result. Weakness was measured by a hand dynamometer, the lowest 20% (by gender, body mass index) measure was a positive result. Exhaustion was measured by two questions of the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale, individuals who answer 2 or 3 for each questions represent a positive result. Slowness was measured by the time spent to the volunteer performed a walk 15 feet, the lowest 20% (by gender, height) measure was a positive result. Low physical activity level was measured by the International Physical Activity Questionnaire, individuals with low physical activity level were considered vulnerable to frail.[moment of the evaluation.]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Data collection of history of falls in the past year, hospitalization in the past year, diseases and medications in use obtained from self-report and medical records.[moment of the evaluation.]