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Translation and validation of the Edmonton Frail Scale and Edmonton Frail Scale - Acute Care for German language use A study on the validation of frailty screening instruments in the preoperative phase of anesthesiologically accompanied procedures

Translation and validation of the Edmonton Frail Scale and Edmonton Frail Scale - Acute Care for German language use A study on the validation of frailty screening instruments in the preoperative phase of anesthesiologically accompanied procedures - TRAVE

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
DRKS
Registry ID
DRKS00026267
Enrollment
200
Registered
2021-09-24
Start date
2021-10-10
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-04-07

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Frailty syndrome Dementia R54 F00 F01 F02 F03

Interventions

Group 1: 1st phase of the study: translation of the original scales into German and subsequent translation back - methodologically based on the guidelines of Beaton et al. 2nd study phase: Checking th

Sponsors

Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus LübeckKlinik für Anästhesiologie und Intensivmedizin
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
65 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - good knowledge of German in understanding and language - Age = 65 years of age - planned surgical intervention with anesthesia procedures

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - Immobility - disabling trauma to the lower extremities - disabling trauma to the writing hand or dominant arm - Ignorance of numbers or a clock dial - Language barrier with severely impaired communication - Diseases with difficulty understanding, severe mental retardation, highly advanced dementia - Blindness, severe visual impairment - Deafness, strongest hearing loss with impossible communication - Emergency/ very urgent surgical indication (within 0 to 6 hours, N0-N2) - Participation in another interventional study or AMG/MPG study

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Frailty criterion according to EFS (fit, vulnerable, frail (mild, moderate, severe))

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
categorical and correlative agreement by means of frailty criterion according to Fried and CFS, as well as VR-12 and SIS

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactMareike Otto

Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus LübeckKlinik für Anästhesiologie und Intensivmedizin

mareike.otto@uksh.de0451-50075299

Outcome results

None listed

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