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Validation study of a two step screening procedure for older persons with complex problems

Validation study of a two step screening procedure for older persons with complex problems - Two step elderly screening study

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
NL-OMON
Registry ID
NL-OMON33138
Enrollment
560
Registered
2009-10-27
Start date
2010-03-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2024-05-06

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

Conditions

chronische en geriatrische aandoeningen complex health and psychosocial problems frailty

Interventions

None listed

Sponsors

Universitair Medisch Centrum Sint Radboud
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Age
18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. subjects of 70 years and over 2. informed consent, personal or by proxy, on the basis of Dutch legislation (WMO)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients or proxy not able to speak Dutch 2. Medically ubnstable, too ill to be screened 3. patients admitted to the geriatric department, because they are already subject to extensive geriatric assessment

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
The primary outcome measure is the absence or presence of frailty and of a complex care situation as defined by comprehensive geriatric assessment (gold standard) for the concurrent validition, and the presence or absence of functional decline at 12 months follow up for the predictive validation.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
The outcome of the costs of the study is defined as the total costs per person correctly identified as frail and per person correctly identified as frail and having complex health or welfare needs. The outcome of the research objective to develop a prediction rule for falls will be the absence or presence of a fall during 12 months of follow up as assessed with weekly automated calls from the falls telephone.

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)