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Geriatric Syndrome in Nursing Home Residents

Predictors of the Disability in Nursing Home Residents: a Descriptive Study

Status
Completed
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT06082908
Enrollment
124
Registered
2023-10-13
Start date
2022-06-01
Completion date
2023-04-25
Last updated
2025-06-13

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

Conditions

Disability Physical

Keywords

geriatric assessment, activities of daily living, nutritional deficiency, functional dependence, urinary incontinence

Brief summary

Disability in daily living activities (ADL) is a typical issue among nursing care residents. The goal of this study was to look at the geriatric syndromes that cause incapacity in nursing home residents.

Detailed description

More often than not, people who live in nursing homes can't move out. One of the main reasons they leave their own home is to lose their freedom. Nursing homes also have a lot of people with geriatric diseases like cognitive impairment, balance problems, urinary incontinence, and disability. But it's not known what role geriatric syndromes play in ADL impairment. To come up with good ways to treat geriatric syndromes, which are the main causes of ADL disability in nursing home patients, we need to know more about them. So, the point of this study was to look into geriatric syndromes that are linked to disability and find out what causes disability in nursing home patients.

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TESTDiagnostic test

Subjective and objective measurement will be performed in older adults.

Sponsors

Giresun University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Observational model
CASE_ONLY
Time perspective
CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
65 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* age over 65 * staying in a nursing home for at least 12 months * consent to participate in the study were the inclusion criteria.

Exclusion criteria

* people who were mentally unable to answer questions, * people who were hospitalized * people who had severe hearing or vision problems that made it hard to communicate * people who took benzodiazepines or psychotropic drugs that made it hard to walk or balance * people who had fractures or endoprostheses in any part of their bodies.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
frailty5 minuteFRAIL includes five items that evaluate ambulation, weight loss, fatigue, diseases, and resistance. Each item receives a value of 0 or 1, for a total score ranging from 0 (best) to 5 (worst). A score of 3 shows frailty, a score of 1-2 indicates prefrailty, and a score of 0 indicates robustness.
disability5 minuteThe Barthel Index (BI) was used to determine the level of disability in ADL. The indicator has a maximum total score of 100, indicating that the individual is entirely autonomous in all physical functions. The lowest possible score is 0; this indicates that the individual is entirely dependent.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
sarcopenia5 minuteThe SARC-F questionnaire was used to assess the risk of sarcopenia. The indicator has a maximum total score of 100, indicating that the individual is entirely autonomous in all physical functions. The lowest possible score is 0; this indicates that the individual is entirely dependent.

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026