Does provision of computerised cognitive training for an extended period of time in older hospitalised patients help in improving their frailty status?

Not Applicable

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

• Registration Number: ACTRN12620000607976
• Lead Sponsor: Flinders Medical Centre

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2020-05-25
• Last Update Posted: 1 June 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

Patients >= 65 years of age identified as frail or pre-frail patients using the Edmonton Frail Scale (EFS) and admitted under the General Medicine service at Flinders Medical Centre (FMC).
- At least one self-reported history of fall or self-reported history of balance impairment in last 2 years
- Score of greater than or equal to 24 on the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE).

Exclusion Criteria

- Patients requiring palliative care
- Completed cognitive program within the last year
- Colour-blindness or a visual acuity of less than 20/80
- Bedbound with severe walking or balance impairment

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The primary outcome will be to determine whether cognitive training improves frailty status as determined by a change in frailty scores by the use of Edmonton frail scale (EFS) and the proportion of participants who demonstrate a reduction of frailty status as determined by the EFS.[at 12 weeks following commencement of intervention.]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
To determine whether the intervention reduces the incidence of falls as self-reported by the participant and assessed by the number of events person coming to rest inadvertently on the ground or floor or lower level against gravity.[at 12 weeks following commencement of intervention.];To determine whether the intervention reduces the number of unplanned hospital readmissions as determined through the hospital computer data base[at 12 weeks following the commencement of intervention.];health-related quality of life as determined by the European Quality of life (EQol) index and on visual analogue scale (VAS) by using the EQoL questionnaire. [at 12 weeks following commencement of intervention.]