Assessing Frailty in Older Adults With Functional Mental Illness

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

40 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-10-31

Study Completion Date

2018-01-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is the development of, and two stages of pilot testing of, a tool designed to assess frailty in older adults with a diagnosis of a functional mental illness. During the tool's development stage, participants' input, ideas and feedback will be sought to inform the tool's design. In the first pilot test the comprehensibility, acceptability and feasibility of the tool will be established. The tool will be amended based on information gained in the first pilot test. In the second pilot test the comprehensibility, acceptability and feasibility of the revised tool will be established. Reliability of the tool will be explored and preliminary examinations of both the interpretability and construct validity of the tool will be completed.

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Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Frailty Mental Illness

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

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Tool Development Stage

Older adults aged ≥65 years with a diagnosis of functional mental illness who show some signs of potentially being frail (presence of ≥2 of the following frailty indicators: Aged ≥75 years old, prescribed ≥5 medications, a history of ≥1 fall/s in the 6-month period prior to assessment, admission to hospital in the 6-month period prior to assessment. In receipt of weekly support for Activities of Daily Living (ADL) tasks, In receipt of daily support for Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) tasks, ≥2 chronic physical health conditions).

Tool Development meeting

Intervention Type OTHER

Consenting participants will be invited to attend up to four meetings concerning the design of the specialist tool to assess frailty in older adults with a diagnosis of functional mental illness. The meetings will be small with up to three participants and the Chief Investigator present. The Chief Investigator will present the group with plans and ideas for the proposed assessment tool and facilitate discussions relating to these ideas. Participants will be encouraged to share their opinions and any ideas they may have. The chief investigator will take written meeting minutes during each session, which will be checked and agreed on by all meeting attendees. Each meeting will last no more than 90 minutes.

Pilot Test 1

Older adults aged ≥65 years with a diagnosis of functional mental illness who show some signs of potentially being frail (presence of ≥2 of the following frailty indicators: Aged ≥75 years old, prescribed ≥5 medications, a history of ≥1 fall/s in the 6-month period prior to assessment, admission to hospital in the 6-month period prior to assessment. In receipt of weekly support for Activities of Daily Living (ADL) tasks, In receipt of daily support for Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) tasks, ≥2 chronic physical health conditions).

Pilot Test 1 assessment session

Intervention Type OTHER

Consenting participants will engage in a one off assessment session where the newly devised specialist tool to assess frailty in older adults with a diagnosis of functional mental illness will be administered. Participants will be asked a series of verbal questions related to frailty indicators and asked to engage in basic observational tests of walking speed and both static and dynamic balance. Qualitative data will be gathered from the participant to establish the comprehensibility, relevance, acceptability and feasibility of the tool via a questionnaire that includes both Likert scales and open ended questions. To assess the comprehensibility of the tool's questions each participant will also be asked to rephrase a subset of the tools questions. The duration of the assessment session will be 90 minutes maximum.

Pilot Test 2

Older adults aged ≥65 years with a diagnosis of functional mental illness who show some signs of potentially being frail (presence of ≥2 of the following frailty indicators: Aged ≥75 years old, prescribed ≥5 medications, a history of ≥1 fall/s in the 6-month period prior to assessment, admission to hospital in the 6-month period prior to assessment. In receipt of weekly support for Activities of Daily Living (ADL) tasks, In receipt of daily support for Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) tasks, ≥2 chronic physical health conditions).

Pilot Test 2 assessment session

Intervention Type OTHER

Consenting participants will engage in a one off assessment session where the revised specialist tool to assess frailty in older adults with a diagnosis of functional mental illness will be administered. The administration of the tool will follow the same process as in pilot test 1. Participants will then be asked to complete a further self-rated frailty assessment tool: the Tilburg Frailty Indicator. Again, following the administration of the tools, qualitative data will be gathered from the participant to establish the comprehensibility, relevance, acceptability and feasibility of the revised tool as per the methods in pilot test 1. The tool will be scored by a study researcher and the study's chief investigator at the same time to assess inter-rater reliability. The duration of the assessment session will be 90 minutes maximum.

Interventions

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Tool Development meeting

Consenting participants will be invited to attend up to four meetings concerning the design of the specialist tool to assess frailty in older adults with a diagnosis of functional mental illness. The meetings will be small with up to three participants and the Chief Investigator present. The Chief Investigator will present the group with plans and ideas for the proposed assessment tool and facilitate discussions relating to these ideas. Participants will be encouraged to share their opinions and any ideas they may have. The chief investigator will take written meeting minutes during each session, which will be checked and agreed on by all meeting attendees. Each meeting will last no more than 90 minutes.

Intervention Type OTHER

Pilot Test 1 assessment session

Consenting participants will engage in a one off assessment session where the newly devised specialist tool to assess frailty in older adults with a diagnosis of functional mental illness will be administered. Participants will be asked a series of verbal questions related to frailty indicators and asked to engage in basic observational tests of walking speed and both static and dynamic balance. Qualitative data will be gathered from the participant to establish the comprehensibility, relevance, acceptability and feasibility of the tool via a questionnaire that includes both Likert scales and open ended questions. To assess the comprehensibility of the tool's questions each participant will also be asked to rephrase a subset of the tools questions. The duration of the assessment session will be 90 minutes maximum.

Intervention Type OTHER

Pilot Test 2 assessment session

Consenting participants will engage in a one off assessment session where the revised specialist tool to assess frailty in older adults with a diagnosis of functional mental illness will be administered. The administration of the tool will follow the same process as in pilot test 1. Participants will then be asked to complete a further self-rated frailty assessment tool: the Tilburg Frailty Indicator. Again, following the administration of the tools, qualitative data will be gathered from the participant to establish the comprehensibility, relevance, acceptability and feasibility of the revised tool as per the methods in pilot test 1. The tool will be scored by a study researcher and the study's chief investigator at the same time to assess inter-rater reliability. The duration of the assessment session will be 90 minutes maximum.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Aged ≥65 years
* Diagnosis of one of the following functional mental illnesses; depression, anxiety, bipolar affective disorder, schizophrenia.
* Currently in receipt of mental health services under The Care Programme Approach (CPA).
* Presence of ≥2 of the following frailty indicators: Aged ≥75 years old, prescribed ≥5 medications, a history of ≥1 fall/s in the 6-month period prior to assessment, admission to hospital in the 6-month period prior to assessment. In receipt of weekly support for Activities of Daily Living (ADL) tasks, In receipt of daily support for Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) tasks, ≥2 chronic physical health conditions.
* Fluent in English language.
* Able to provide informed consent to engage in the study.
* Able to tolerate the mental and physical demands of the study

Exclusion Criteria

* A diagnosis of a neurodegenerative condition (e.g. mild cognitive impairment or dementia), neurological condition (e.g. stroke, Parkinson's disease) or head injury (where a loss of consciousness greater than 10 minutes is reported/recorded).
* The presence of a severe sensory impairment (e.g. registered blind or deaf).
* Presence of a developmental intellectual disability.
* Current alcohol/substance abuse or dependence.

Minimum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No