Frailty assessment In middle aged and elderly patients with burn injuries (FRAIL)

Frailty assessment in middle aged and elderly patients with burn injuries, a prospective cohort study

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON29337

Enrollment

145

Registered

2020-11-18

Start date

2021-01-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-03-24

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Conditions

Burns, burn injury

Interventions

There are no medical interventions involved in the study. The frailty assessment tools consist of questionnaires and performance-based measures. Data collection at inclusion consists of a short interv

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - Patients with a burn injury aged 50 years or more admitted to a burn centre in the Netherlands - Admission of at least 24 hours - Informed consent of the patient or legal representative

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - Poly-trauma (ISS>16) - Direct comfort care treatment / expected early mortality <48 hours - Insufficient knowledge of the Dutch language

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
To assess feasibility of three frailty assessment tools in middle-aged and elderly patients with burn injuries; Clinical Frailty Scale, (CFS) Burn Frailty Index (BFI), Groningen Frailty Indicator (GFI).	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
To assess predictive validity, construct validity, concurrent validity and discriminative validity of the CFS, BFI and GFI in middle-aged and elderly patients with burn injuries. To assess reliability of the CFS, BFI and GFI in middle-aged and elderly patients with burn injuries. To gain insight in the course of frailty over time.	—

Contacts

Public Contactcharlotte cords

Maasstad ziekenhuis

cordsc@maasstadziekenhuis.nl0102912233

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)