Resources and Barriers to Physical Functioning and Subjective Well-Being in Geriatric Patients

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00011799

Enrollment

100

Registered

2017-08-22

Start date

2017-07-12

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

Quality of life of geriatric patients with age-associated diseases.

Interventions

Group 1: Geriatric inpatients undergoing geriatric rehabilitation are interviewed at all three measurement points about their quality of life and biopsychosocial predictors. Among others, the intervie

age

marital status

place of residence

multimorbidity

polypharmacy) and by the results of the geriatric assessment (Barthel-Index: Activities of Daily Living

Test of Tinetti, Timed "Up-and-Go"-Test: mobility

Mini-Mental-Status-Examination, Clock-Test: cognition

Geriatric Depression Scale. depression).

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

60 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: MMSE score = 17 points; verbal communication skills must be sufficient for participation in the interview; no medical contraindications due to the severity of the disease

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: MMSE score < 17 points; insufficient verbal communication skills; medical contraindications due to the severity of the disease; refusal of participation

Design outcomes

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
In addition, a biopsychosocial model for resources and barriers to the quality of life in geriatric patients is tested.	—

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The objective of this study is a comprehensive and detailed assessment of the quality of life, defined as physical functioning and subjective well-being, of geriatric inpatients undergoing geriatric rehabilitation. Physical functioning and subjective well-being are measured by the following inventories: Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL); Perceived Autonomy in old Age / Wahrgenommene Autonomie im Alter (WAA); Self-Acceptance (subscale of the Ryff-Scales); Reflection on the Past (subscale of the Meaning in Life-Scale); Positive Valuation of Life (VOL); Single-Item Loneliness of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies - Depression Scale (CES-D); Positive Affect and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS); Depression in old Age Scale - short form / Kurzform der Depression im Alter Skala (DIA-S); Single-Item Satisfaction with Life Potential biopsychosocial predictors are assessed by the following inventories: Single-Item Loss of Weight of the FRAIL-Scale; Single-Items Global Health ans Bodily Pain of the Short Form 8 (SF-8); Visual Impairment; Health Comparison; Big Five Inventory 10 (BFI-10); Control Beliefs / Internale-Externale-Kontrollüberzeugungen 4 (IE-4); Single-Item Houshold Size; Social Network and Social Support following the German Ageing Survey / Deutscher Alterssurvey (DEAS); Caring Behaviors Inventory - short form (CBI-S) The interviews take place at admission, discharge and three month after discharge.	—

Measure

Time frame

The objective of this study is a comprehensive and detailed assessment of the quality of life, defined as physical functioning and subjective well-being, of geriatric inpatients undergoing geriatric rehabilitation. Physical functioning and subjective well-being are measured by the following inventories: Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL); Perceived Autonomy in old Age / Wahrgenommene Autonomie im Alter (WAA); Self-Acceptance (subscale of the Ryff-Scales); Reflection on the Past (subscale of the Meaning in Life-Scale); Positive Valuation of Life (VOL); Single-Item Loneliness of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies - Depression Scale (CES-D); Positive Affect and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS); Depression in old Age Scale - short form / Kurzform der Depression im Alter Skala (DIA-S); Single-Item Satisfaction with Life Potential biopsychosocial predictors are assessed by the following inventories: Single-Item Loss of Weight of the FRAIL-Scale; Single-Items Global Health ans Bodily Pain of the Short Form 8 (SF-8); Visual Impairment; Health Comparison; Big Five Inventory 10 (BFI-10); Control Beliefs / Internale-Externale-Kontrollüberzeugungen 4 (IE-4); Single-Item Houshold Size; Social Network and Social Support following the German Ageing Survey / Deutscher Alterssurvey (DEAS); Caring Behaviors Inventory - short form (CBI-S) The interviews take place at admission, discharge and three month after discharge.

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Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactSaskia Bordne

NRW Forschungskolleg GROW (Gerontological Research on Well-Being/Wohlbefinden bis ins hohe Alter), Universität zu Köln

Saskia.Bordne@uni-koeln.de0221 470 1175

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026