Active clinical trials for "Frailty"

The aim of this study is to evaluate sit-stand phases and gait speed detection using an externally worn Reveal LINQ (TM) compared to an external reference (3D accelerometer, and/or the Computer Assisted Rehabilitation Environment (CAREN) system) in one center in the Netherlands

Though most physicians believe they can identify frail patients, frailty is a poorly characterized and complex clinical syndrome. Frailty has been categorized four dimensions by de Vries et al: 1) physical (physical activity, nutrition, mobility, strength and energy); 2) biochemical (nutritional and inflammatory biomarkers); 3) psychological (cognition and mood); and, 4) social (social contact and support). 1 However, the pathophysiology of frailty remains unclear. Two broad hypotheses have been proposed. Deficit accumulation model: This hypothesis assumes that frailty occurs due to accumulation and additive effect of multiple deficits, which occur across various domains. The more deficits a person has, the more likely that person is to be frail. Frailty in this paradigm is thus measured by identifying the number of positive factors/ deficits from a list. This is used to create a proportional index of deficits, expressed as the ratio of deficits present to the total number of deficits considered. Many studies have used a modified frailty index (MFI) with 11 factors, which has shown to correlate well with patient outcomes after surgery. Phenotype model: Fried et al in 2001 proposed a phenotype based model, in which she identified various clinical features that define frailty as a clinical syndrome. This criterion, known as Fried index, consists of 5 factors- shrinking, weakness, exhaustion, slowness, and low physical activity level. The Fried index is the most commonly used phenotype-based assessment tool to evaluate frailty. An advantage is its ease-of use during preoperative visits. Measurement of these factors in a perioperative setting was further characterized by Makary et al in 2010, and was the basis for the Hopkins Frailty Score (HFS). Currently, there exists no gold standard for assessment of frailty, especially in the perioperative setting. In the absence of a well-accepted gold standard, a measurement of frailty which would predict adverse postoperative outcomes would be useful. However, no study has compared the prognostic abilities of HFS and MFI, after non-cardiac surgery. All adult patients presenting to pre anesthesia evaluation clinic (PACE) at Cleveland Clinic main campus will be included in the this prospective observational cohort study. Frailty would be evaluated prospectively using HFS and components of MFI will be obtained from Cleveland Clinic Perioperative Health Documentation System registry (PHDS).

The study aims to explore feasibility of implementing a tailored CGA to older adults with frailty and evaluate staff and patients perception of the intervention. In line with this, the objectives of the study are: To assess applicability of finding older adults with frailty using eFI and delivering subsequent CGA and care planning at patients' home To investigate staff and older adults' perception of CGA programme To assess the health care resource usage and cost of the CGA programme To measure key health related outcome domains including function, quality of life, loneliness, pain, falls and mobility.

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmias in clinical practice. Research investigating hospitalized patients have indicated there are deleterious effects of AF on patients besides the disease burden itself, including longer stay days for hospitalization, higher rates of frailty and increasing mortality rate after discharged in six months. In the community-dwelling research also found that elderly with AF have lower cognitive function, physical functional tests score and slower walking speed compared with the health ones. However, there is limited articles investigating the impact of AF on community-dwelling elderly, and the relationship between AF and frailty is also lack of discussion. According to the aged society and increasing prevalence of AF, the relationship between AF and frailty in community-dwelling elderly is warranting investigated.

The Researchers are doing this study to find out if the cardiac rehabilitation program can improve measurements of frailty and improve independence, functional abilities, and feelings about health. Frailty can be measured by weakness (as measured by hand grip strength), slowness (as measured by walking speed), low level of physical activity, low energy or self-reported exhaustion, and unintentional weight loss.

Frailty in lung transplant candidates increases the risk of delisting and adverse transplantation outcome [1]. Furthermore, preoperative frailty is associated with a higher one-year-mortality rate after transplantation in frail compared to non-frail candidates. Mortality increases with severity of frailty [2,3]. Decreasing the frailty-status of a LTx-candidate is therefore an approach to improve the pre- and also posttransplant situation. There is some evidence that frailty in LTx-candidates can be decreased by a homebased Rehabilitation [5]. However, at the moment these possible benefits are unknown for an inpatient rehabilitation. Therefore the aim of this study is to observe the effect of a three-week inpatient rehabilitation on frailty in lung transplant candidates.

It is an experimental, longitudinal prospective, controlled trial. The project will be developed in the General University Hospital of Valencia (CHGUV), and the University of Valencia. Patients will be recruited from a previous cohort. The patients of this cohort will be contacted and proposed to participate. Those patients who accept, will be divided into the following experimental groups: Group 1: Patients in this group will perform the water exercise protocol, 3 times a week, for 12 weeks. Group 2: Patients in this group will not perform any type of exercise during the 12 weeks of the treatment. Variables related to muscular quality by ultrasound, frailty, physical function, independence in the activities of daily life, balance, cognitive function, quality of life and sleep, the social sphere will be evaluated, and the intensity of pain and fatigue, before and after12 weeks of intervention.

In the first part of this study the prevalence of frailty in patients with cardiovascular disease will be examined. Frailty is defined as a progressive age-related decline in physiological systems that results in decreased reserves of intrinsic capacity, which confers extreme vulnerability to stressors. Patients (≥65 years, men and women) suffering from heart failure or undergoing a coronary artery bypass grafing (CABG) or percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) will be included. Based on the phenotype of Fried, frailty will be examined in the physical domain. Moreover, the nutritional, social, psychological and cognitive domain of frailty will be examined. This will result in a total score of 0 (no frailty) to 24 (severe frailty), divided into four categories: no frailty (score 0-6), minor frailty (score 7-12), moderate frailty (score 13-18) or severe frailty (score 18-24). Besides this frailty protocol, a few other measurements will be completed to collect additional information about the functioning of the patient. At discharge from the hospital, some of these patients will start with a cardiac rehabilitation program. To define the exercise intensity of this program, patients will perform a maximal exercise test (CPET). In the second part of this study, correlations will be examined between markers of frailty and markers of exercise from the CPET (e.g. maximal heart rate, maximal oxygen uptake).

The aim of this study is to design and assess the accuracy of administering the electronic Geriatric Assessment Bundle (e-GAB) compared to geriatrician performed comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) in a group of Egyptian elderly. The development of an Arabic software platform for CGA can improve the clinical practice by providing a valid user friendly tool to collect and analyze data for geriatric patients attending non- Geriatric health care service.

PARCHED (Prompting And encouRaging Community Hydration through EDucation) is studying how to improve the hydration (fluid intake) of people living at home who use catheters. The investigator would like to see if improved hydration (fluid intake) reduces the risk of frailty. PARCHED will randomise four areas in Cwm Taf University Health Board to receive one of four different interventions. Individuals will receive an intervention based on which area they live in, each participant will take part in the study for 12 weeks.