Translation and Cultural Adaptation of the Groningen Frailty Indicator (GFI) in Patients With Hip Fracture

Translation and Cultural Adaptation of the Greek Version of the Groningen Frailty Indicator (GFI) in Patients With Hip Fracture; a Prospective Cohort Study

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT05091645

Acronym

Gr-GFI

Enrollment

Registered

2021-10-25

Start date

2022-02-25

Completion date

2026-11-15

Last updated

2026-05-07

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Conditions

Frailty Syndrome, Hip Fractures

Keywords

Frailty Syndrome, Hip fractures, Cultural adaptation, Translation

Brief summary

This study attempts to the translation and the cultural adaptation of the Groningen Frailty Indicator (GFI) questionnaire in the Greek population in patients suffering from hip fracture.

Detailed description

Frailty indicates a state of vulnerability in terms of poor health outcomes, such as mortality, hospitalization, institutionalization and loss of function in one or more domains (i.e. physical, psychological, cognitive and social domains). Frailty is not only associated with poor quality of life and life satisfaction but also has an effect on health care demands, as the number of frail people in our aging population will increase. Current literature suggests that frailty is a common condition among elderly patients with hip fracture. Ageing has been associated with a decline in physiological reserves which impedes the body's ability to withstand and recover from minor and major challenges, such as the hip fracture. Hence, accurate diagnosis of frailty seems mandatory. The Groningen Frailty Indicator (GFI) questionnaire is a feasible, reliable and valid self-assessment tool. This study will provide the first official Greek translation and cultural adaptation of the GFI according to the ISPOR (International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research) guidelines.

Interventions

OTHERGFI

Two trained raters who will be blinded and will have no access to each other's evaluation, will administer the GFI questionnaire within 24 hours of patients' hospital admission.

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

65 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* adult patients over 65 years old with hip fractures undergoing surgery * an ASA (American Society of Anesthesiologists) PS (physical status) I to III * non-institutionalized * able to communicate orally or in writing * consent to participate

Exclusion criteria

* refused to participate * pathological hip fractures * institutionalized * patients with hip fracture treated conservatively * patients with severe cognitive dysfunction * patients with insufficient knowledge of the Greek language

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Translation and Cultural adaptation of the Greek version of Groningen Frailty Indicator (GFI) questionnaire	Within 24 hours of the hospital admission	Translation and Cultural adaptation of the Greek version of GFI

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Incidence of frailty syndrome	Baseline (On admission)	Incidence of frailty syndrome in our study sample

Countries

Greece

Contacts

CONTACTEleni Arnaoutoglou, MD, PhD

earnaout@gmail.com+306974301352

CONTACTMaria Ntalouka, MD, PhD, MSc

maria.ntalouka@icloud.com+306973688099

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOREleni Arnaoutoglou, MD, PhD

University of Thessaly

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORMichael Hantes, MD, PhD