Sarcopenia, frailty
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Juntendo Tokyo Koto Geriatric Medical Center
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1 Regular outpatient at Juntendo Tokyo Koto Medical Center for the Elderly, Juntendo University School of Medicine 2 Age 65 or older 3 Independent walking (including walking with a cane) 4 Patients with consent to participate in the study
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1 Patients who are unable to walk independently or who are unable to take a medical history/questionnaire 2 Patients with serious cerebrovascular, cardiac, respiratory, hepatic, renal, gastrointestinal, or endocrine-metabolic diseases 3 Patients whose life expectancy is judged to be within 1 year due to malignant diseases 4 Patients deemed ineligible by the attending physician
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Incidence of all-cause mortality and hospitalization for treatment at 1 and 2 years after the start of enrollment, respectively, according to the presence of oral hypofunction and frailty/sarcopenia | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Incidence of major bleeding, clinically significant non-major bleeding, cardiovascular death, hospitalization for heart failure, nonfatal myocardial infarction, coronary revascularization, peripheral vascular disease, intracranial bleeding, stroke, transient ischemic attack, new onset of cancer, number of falls, fractures, gastrointestinal bleeding, hospitalization for pneumonia, increased dose of dementia medication, depending on presence of oral hypofunction and frailty/sarcopenia | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactDaisuke Asaoka
Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine Department of Gastroenterology
Outcome results
None listed