Respiratory Infection
Conditions
Keywords
respiratory infection, physical variables
Brief summary
The acute respiratory infection is the fourth most common cause of hospital stay between elderly people. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the repercussion of hospital stay in hospitalized patients with a respiratory infection.
Detailed description
Acute respiratory infection is a serious infection that prevents normal breathing function. It refers to any of a number of infectious diseases involving the respiratory tract. Health conditions that increase the risk of a respiratory infection include: another lung condition, a heart condition, a kidney or liver condition and a lowered immune system. The hospital stay of this patients is approximately 7-10 days and it is important to study the effects of this stay in the physical and psycho-emotional characteristics of patients.
Interventions
OTHERRespiratory infection
An assessment of the patients included in the study will be conducted
Sponsors
Universidad de Granada
Study design
Observational model
CASE_ONLY
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
50 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Diagnosis of respiratory infection * Age: more than 50 year. * Signed written consent.
Exclusion criteria
* Heart disease and concomitant neurological condition.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Strength in upper and lower limbs | Participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 8 days | The quadriceps and the hand-grip strength is assessed using a dynamometer with a standard protocol allowing three attempts on each side. During each measurement, patients were sitting with their shoulder adducted and elbow flexed to 90°. The maximum value achieved was used in the analyses. This is important in order to quantify the increase of strength Kg/cm2 The test 2-minute step in place is also going to be used for this purpose, counting the times the patients go up the right knees in two minutes. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Quality of life | Participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 8 days | The quality of life associated with health is going to be measure with t the EuroQol-5 questionnaire. |
| Lung function | Participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 8 days | Lung function is going to be evaluated using a spirometer. |
| Activity monitoring | Participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 8 days | The accelerometer Armband is going to be used for activity monitoring. It measures the intensity of the activity during 12 hours. |
| Quality of sleep | Participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 8 days | Changes in quality of sleep. For this purpose, the participants are going to complete the Pittsburgh Quality of Sleep Index. This is a self-rating questionnaire with seven subscores that result in a global score between 0 and 21. |
| Mood | Participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 8 days | Mood in these patients will be measured by the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. |
Countries
Spain
Outcome results
None listed