kwetsbaarheid & beperkingen in het dagelijks leven difficulty in activities of daily living disability frailty physical functioning vulnerability
Conditions
Interventions
a bathroom scale monitoring weight and balance, a Grip-ball
monitoring grip strength and a mobile phone with a built-in accelerometer
monitoring physical activity. The information about these physic
Sponsors
Universiteit Maastricht
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria are: 70 years or older, community-dwelling, Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) > 23, movement/mobility/functioning problems, sufficient mastery of Dutch language, and able to step onto a bathroom scale independently. Besides that, people have to answer *yes* to at least one of the following questions: - Have you unintentionally lost a lot of weight in the past 6 months (5 kg or more)? - Do you usually have the feeling that everything takes a lot of effort? - Do you usually have the feeling that you cannot get going? - When crossing the street at a traffic light, do you have difficulty reaching the other side before the light turns red? - Do you have problems in your daily life due to low grip strength? - Do you walk less than 2 hours a week/or cycle less than 1.5 hours a week?
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Exclusion criteria are: planned admission to a nursing home/hospital during the period of the study, being confined to bed, serious visual or hearing impairments, contra-indication for exercise.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The primary outcomes of the feasibility study will be technical functioning, acceptability and usability and added value of the monitoring system as experienced by elderly people and professionals. Technical functioning will be measured by recording the number of errors, technical failures, defects and their causes in a logbook. Information regarding the acceptability and usability and added value of the system will be collected during semi-structured interviews with the researcher and in logbooks that the physiotherapist will keep. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The study will provide insight into the development of parameters of physical functioning over time. Measurements of weight, balance, grip strength, and physical activity are collected for 6 months. These data will be compared to information that was collected by the physiotherapist and a questionnaire regarding health, functioning, quality of life, and care consumption. This will provide more insight into how relevant changes in the physical functioning of participants can be detected with the three devices. | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed