R54
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: To ensure a preverably representative selection of study participants, the recruitement procedures will follow as described above:
(1) The city of Bochum in Germany will be selected due to l
self rated health
PRISMA-7 frailty screening questionnaire.
Study participants will be dichotomised into groups of "frail" and "non-frail/fit" individuals based on their frailty index or frailty phenotype score, respe
Sponsors
Hochschule für Gesundheit, Bochum
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
65 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1) =65 years of age (2) receiving physiotherapy treatments (prescription covered by the public or a private health insurance)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1) no voluntary participation (2) language barriers (German) (3) no time to participate in the study examination (4) inability to understand the study information and to give written informed consent (eg due to severe aphasia, severe cognitive impairement/dementia, blindness)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Frailty prevalence estimations according to the diagnostic model (frailty phenotype /frailty index). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Sex-specific and age-related frailty prevelance estiamtions. | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactTobias Braun
Hochschule für Gesundheit, Bochum
Outcome results
None listed