Physical Performance Levels and Social Participation in Elderly Living In Urban and Rural Areas

Completed

• Conditions: Eldrely
• Interventions: Other: Short Physical Performance Battery

• Registration Number: NCT05579457
• Lead Sponsor: Suleyman Demirel University

Brief Summary

Purpose: This study aims to investigate the effect of physical performance levels of elderly living in rural and urban areas on social participation, social functioning, and quality of life.

Method: A total of 418 volunteer elderly aged 65 and over living in rural (42.3%) and urban (57.7%) areas participated in this study. The Mini-Mental State Examination, Short Physical Performance Battery, the World Health Organization Quality of Life Scale for Older Adults, Leisure Time subscale of the Social Functioning Scale and the Community Integration Questionnaire were applied to participants.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2019-03-04
• Primary Completion: 2020-05-07
• Study Completion: 2021-03-12
• Status Verified: 2022-10
• Study First Submitted: 2022-10-11
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-10-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-10-11
• Study First Posted: 2022-10-13
• Last Update Posted: 2022-10-13

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 418

Inclusion Criteria

• individuals over the age of 65 years who received a score of ≥24 from the Mini-Mental State Examination were included in the study

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Exclusion Criteria

• elderly who were unable to communicate verbally, were unable to move independently, had undergone any operations in the last 6 months, had been diagnosed with cancer, or had severe vision loss, stroke, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, or other neurological diseases were excluded from the study

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Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
elderly people living in rural areas	Short Physical Performance Battery	-
elderly people living in urban areas	Short Physical Performance Battery	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Community Integration Questionnaire	02.04.2021	The questionnaire consists of a total of 18 questions and the highest total score attainable is 35. A total score of 0 is evaluated as no social participation and a total score of 35 is evaluated as full social participation, with an increase in the total score indicating an increase in social participation

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Social Functioning Scale (	02.04.2021	The SFS is a tool that evaluates the social role functions of individuals. It has been determined that the SFS is a valid and reliable scale for use in Turkish society

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Tahir KESKİN; 🇹🇷 Isparta, Merkez, Turkey