Prevention for more participation in older ages
Phase 3
- Conditions
- increasingly frail patients
- Registration Number
- DRKS00024638
- Lead Sponsor
- Robert-Bosch-KrankenhausAbteilung für Geriatrie und Geriatrische Rehabilitation
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 385
Inclusion Criteria
Clinical Frailty Scale categories 4, 5 and 6 (vulnerable; mildly frail; moderately frail)
- Age 70 years and older; living at home or in assisted living
- Walking distance (with aids) at least 10 m
Exclusion Criteria
- Walking distance (without aids and without a break) of 800 m and more;
- Does not understand German language;
- Visual acuity insufficient to recognize study material;
- Neurological diseases (stroke <6 months ago, multiple sclerosis or Parkinson's disease H&Y stage =3);
- Tumor diseases, if currently under treatment (e.g. chemotherapy, radiation) or in an advanced stage;
- Severe lung or heart disease that requires an (intermittent) supply of oxygen;
- limited cognition: Suspicion of dementia
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Primary endpoint: functional component of the Late-Life Function and Disability Instrument (LLFDI)<br>Subordinated primary endpoint PE 2: University of Alabama at Birmingham Life-Space Assessment (UAB-LSA)<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method - Disability component of the LLFDI<br>- Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB)<br>- Falls and fear of falling (Falls Efficacy Scale International)<br>- Frailty (Fries phenotype; Rockwood Clinical Frailty Scale)<br>- Extent of physical activity (German Physical Activity Questionnaire 50+)<br>- Hospitalization (including emergency room visits)<br>- Institutionalization (days)<br>- Quality of life (EQ 5 D)<br>- Nutritional status (Mini Nutritional Assessment - Short Form)<br>- Loneliness (UCLA loneliness scale) and depression<br>