Clinical trial NCT05398523: Activities of Daily Living in Older Adults
Official title: Association of Frailty, Balance, and Depression With Activities of Daily Living in Older Adults
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Geriatrics
Keywords: Frailty
balance
depression
activities of daily living
Lead sponsor: Halic University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2022-06-01
Enrollment: 85
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 65
Standard ages: OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: CASE_ONLY
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: adults aged 65 years or older who were registered at Community Health Center No.1 in City Central Amasya.

Brief summary: In order to maintain independence and prevent disability, it is essential to identify associated factors and reduce functional loss due to concomitant diseases. This study aimed to examine the effects of frailty, balance, and depression on the performance of activities of daily living in older adults. All participants were assessed using the Mini Mental State Test, simple FRAIL scale, Geriatric Depression Scale-Short Form, and Lawton Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Scale (IADL).

Detailed description: As the global population becomes older, the importance of preserving health, function, and quality of life is being increasingly recognized. In order to maintain independence and prevent disability, it is essential to identify associated factors and reduce functional loss due to concomitant diseases. This study aimed to examine the effects of frailty, balance, and depression on the performance of activities of daily living in older adults. All participants were assessed using the Mini Mental State Test, simple FRAIL scale, Geriatric Depression Scale-Short Form, and Lawton Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Scale (IADL).

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* aged 65 years or older
* being able to understand and answer the questionnaires used for data collection
* having mental competency as demonstrated by a score higher than 20 on the Mini Mental State Test

Exclusion Criteria:

* limited ambulation
* psychological problems

Primary outcomes:
measure: Mini Mental State Test
timeFrame: at the enrollment
Secondary outcomes:
measure: FRAIL scale
timeFrame: at the enrollment
measure: Berg Balance Scale
timeFrame: at the enrollment
measure: Geriatric Depression Scale-Short Form
timeFrame: at the enrollment
measure: Lawton Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Scale
timeFrame: at the enrollment
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Istanbul
country: Turkey
facility: Haliç University
Study officials:
affiliation: Haliç University
name: Seda Saka, PT, PhD
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
References:
citation: Vieira ER, Da Silva RA, Severi MT, Barbosa AC, Amick Iii BC, Zevallos JC, Martinez IL, Chaves PHM. Balance and Gait of Frail, Pre-Frail, and Robust Older Hispanics. Geriatrics (Basel). 2018 Jul 18;3(3):42. doi: 10.3390/geriatrics3030042.
citation: Marques LT, Rodrigues NC, Angeluni EO, Dos Santos Pessanha FPA, da Cruz Alves NM, Freire Junior RC, Ferriolli E, de Abreu DCC. Balance Evaluation of Prefrail and Frail Community-Dwelling Older Adults. J Geriatr Phys Ther. 2019 Jul/Sep;42(3):176-182. doi: 10.1519/JPT.0000000000000147.