The Relationship Between Atrial Fibrillation and Frailty in Community-Dwelling Elderly

NCT ID: NCT03420326

Last Updated: 2019-03-05

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

256 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-01-26

Study Completion Date

2018-06-01

Brief Summary

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Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmias in clinical practice. Research investigating hospitalized patients have indicated there are deleterious effects of AF on patients besides the disease burden itself, including longer stay days for hospitalization, higher rates of frailty and increasing mortality rate after discharged in six months. In the community-dwelling research also found that elderly with AF have lower cognitive function, physical functional tests score and slower walking speed compared with the health ones. However, there is limited articles investigating the impact of AF on community-dwelling elderly, and the relationship between AF and frailty is also lack of discussion. According to the aged society and increasing prevalence of AF, the relationship between AF and frailty in community-dwelling elderly is warranting investigated.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Atrial Fibrillation Frail Elderly Syndrome

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

ECOLOGIC_OR_COMMUNITY

Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

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Atria fibrillation (AF) group

1. Detection of AF during 30 seconds ECG assessment
2. Once diagnosed with atrial fibrillation before
3. Undergo the frailty status assessment

Frailty status assessment

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The Edmonton frail scale and Frailty criteria by Dr. Fried would be used to assess participants frailty status

Non-AF group

1. No detection of AF during 30 seconds ECG assessment
2. Undergo the frailty status assessment

Frailty status assessment

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The Edmonton frail scale and Frailty criteria by Dr. Fried would be used to assess participants frailty status

Interventions

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Frailty status assessment

The Edmonton frail scale and Frailty criteria by Dr. Fried would be used to assess participants frailty status

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Older than 65 years old

Exclusion Criteria

diagnosed with the following disease

1. Cardiovascular diseases: myocardial infarction, peripheral vascular diseases, aortic plaque
2. Cerebrovascular disease: stroke, transient ischemic attack, emboli
3. Heart failure
4. Participants who cannot finish the trial
Minimum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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National Taiwan University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Meng-Yueh Chien

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

College of medicine, National Taiwan University

Locations

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Ming-Ting Yang

Taipei, Zhongzheng District, Taiwan

Site Status

Countries

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Taiwan

Other Identifiers

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201711083RIND

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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