Frailty in intensive care (ICU) trauma patients: a prospective observational study.

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Frailty; Trauma; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Other physical medicine / rehabilitation

• Registration Number: ACTRN12615000039583
• Lead Sponsor: Claire Tipping

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2015-01-19
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 200

Inclusion Criteria

Patients over 50 years of age.
Admitted to ICU under the trauma unit.

Exclusion Criteria

Unable to communicate in English
Expected ICU length of stay <24 hours
Re-admission to ICU
ICU admission for palliation
Death is deemed imminent and inevitable
Unable to gain informed consent

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Mortality[12 months after enrolment ]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
ICU mobility scale (IMS) [On awakening in ICU and at discharge from ICU ];Medical Research Council Manual Muscle Test Sum Score (MRC-SS) [On awakening in ICU and at discharge from ICU ];Mortality [In ICU, hospital and at 6 months after enrolment<br>];Living situation (lives with family/friend, lives alone or other [nursing home, hospice etc]. This will be determined from questioning the participant or their person responsible. [At 6 and 12 months after enrolment ];Return to employment [At 6 and 12 months after enrolment <br>];Short form 12 (quality of life measure) [At 6 and 12 months after enrolment ];EQ-5D (quality of life measure) [At 6 and 12 months after enrolment ];GOS-E (functional outcome measure)[At 6 and 12 months after enrolment ]