Frailty assessment in middle aged and elderly patients with burn injuries, a prospective cohort study (FRAIL)

Recruiting

• Conditions: brandwonden; Burn injury; burns; 10014982

• Registration Number: NL-OMON54400
• Lead Sponsor: Maasstadziekenhuis

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Last Update Posted: 6 May 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 145

Inclusion Criteria

- Patients with a burn injury aged 50 years or more admitted to a burn centre
in the Netherlands
- Admission of at least 24 hours
- Informed consent of the patient or legal representative

Exclusion Criteria

- Poly-trauma (ISS>16)
- Direct comfort care treatment / expected early mortality <48 hours
- Insufficient knowledge of the Dutch language of the patient or the legal
representative

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational non invasive
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>To assess feasibility of three frailty assessment tools in middle-aged and<br /><br>elderly patients with burn injuries; Clinical Frailty Scale, (CFS) Burn Frailty<br /><br>Index (BFI), Groningen Frailty Indicator (GFI).</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>To assess predictive validity, construct validity, concurrent validity and<br /><br>discriminative validity of the CFS, BFI and GFI in middle-aged and elderly<br /><br>patients with burn injuries.<br /><br>To assess reliability of the CFS, BFI and GFI in middle-aged and elderly<br /><br>patients with burn injuries.<br /><br>To gain insight in the course of frailty over time.</p><br>