Association of Centre of Excellence Self-Administered Questionnaire (CESAM) Score and Frailty Levels

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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This study evaluates the association of the Self-Administered questionnaire (CESAM) score and its stratification of frailty in four levels with incident adverse health events in older community dwellers and to compare this association with three validated frailty indexes which are the Cardiovascular Health Study frailty index, Study of Osteoporotic Fracture index and Rockwood frailty index.

Detailed Description
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Older adults' health and functional status is heterogeneous because of the various cumulative effects of chronic diseases and physiologic decline, contributing to a vicious cycle of increased frailty. Thanks to advances in medicine and hygiene, a growing number of older adults spend more years with a greater range of disorders causing disability but not mortality. Health systems thus need to face this new challenge. Quantification of frailty and its association with the occurrence of adverse health events is crucial to understand how efficiently health systems may respond to this situation. This study aims to examine of association of the Self-Administered questionnaire (CESAM) score and its stratification of frailty in four levels with incident adverse health events in older community dwellers and to compare this association with three validated frailty indexes which are the Cardiovascular Health Study frailty index, Study of Osteoporotic Fracture index and Rockwood frailty index.

Official Title
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Association of Centre of Excellence Self-AdMinistered Questionnaire (CESAM) Score and Frailty Levels With Incident Adverse Health Events in Older Community Dwellers: Results of the NuAge Study

Conditions
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Chronic Disease, Frailty, Disability Physical

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Frailty evaluation


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: -Healthy community-dwellers from Quebec, Canada Exclusion Criteria: -Community-dwellers from outside Quebec, Canada

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 67 Years
Maximum Age: 82 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Intervention/Treatment |
| --- |
|Other: Frailty evaluation|It will be used a questionnaire that is called:The Centre of Excellence Self-Administered questionnaire (CESAM). The score of this questionnaire and its stratification of frailty in four levels with incident adverse health events in older community dwellers will be compare with the three validated frailty indexes which are the Cardiovascular Health Study frailty index, Study of Osteoporotic Fracture index and Rockwood frailty index.|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Frailty | It will be used a questionnaire called:The Centre of Excellence Self-Administered questionnaire(CESAM). This questionnaire evaluates frailty of older adults by providing a score and a stratification of frailty in 4 levels (Vigorous versus mild, moderate and severe frailty). | the questionnaire will be used once, after 4 years follow-up. |