Monitoring of physical frailty in older people: a feasibility study
- Conditions
- kwetsbaarheid & beperkingen in het dagelijks levendifficulty in activities of daily livingdisabilityfrailtyphysical functioningvulnerability
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON37305
- Lead Sponsor
- niversiteit Maastricht
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 50
Inclusion criteria are: 70 years or older, community-dwelling, Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) > 23, movement/mobility/functioning problems, sufficient mastery of Dutch language, and able to step onto a bathroom scale independently.
Besides that, people have to answer *yes* to at least one of the following questions:
- Have you unintentionally lost a lot of weight in the past 6 months (5 kg or more)?
- Do you usually have the feeling that everything takes a lot of effort?
- Do you usually have the feeling that you cannot get going?
- When crossing the street at a traffic light, do you have difficulty reaching the other side before the light turns red?
- Do you have problems in your daily life due to low grip strength?
- Do you walk less than 2 hours a week/or cycle less than 1.5 hours a week?
Exclusion criteria are: planned admission to a nursing home/hospital during the period of the study, being confined to bed, serious visual or hearing impairments, contra-indication for exercise.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>The primary outcomes of the feasibility study will be technical functioning,<br /><br>acceptability and usability and added value of the monitoring system as<br /><br>experienced by elderly people and professionals. Technical functioning will be<br /><br>measured by recording the number of errors, technical failures, defects and<br /><br>their causes in a logbook. Information regarding the acceptability and<br /><br>usability and added value of the system will be collected during<br /><br>semi-structured interviews with the researcher and in logbooks that the<br /><br>physiotherapist will keep. </p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>The study will provide insight into the development of parameters of physical<br /><br>functioning over time. Measurements of weight, balance, grip strength, and<br /><br>physical activity are collected for 6 months. These data will be compared to<br /><br>information that was collected by the physiotherapist and a questionnaire<br /><br>regarding health, functioning, quality of life, and care consumption. This will<br /><br>provide more insight into how relevant changes in the physical functioning of<br /><br>participants can be detected with the three devices.</p><br>