Frailty Heart Failure Study

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Total Enrollment

280 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-04-30

Study Completion Date

2020-11-30

Brief Summary

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A prospective longitudinal cohort study aimed at measuring frailty and its associated risk factors community dwelling older adults aged 65 years or older.

The geriatric domains evaluated will include: frailty status, hearing impairment, visual impairment, polypharmacy, sarcopenia, malnutrition, cognitive impairment, depression, fatigue, sleep difficulties, and disabilities.

The primary outcome is all-cause mortality at 1-year post enrollment.

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Detailed Description

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The overarching research question is as follows: Is frailty predictive of patient-centered outcomes in older adults with heart failure (HF)? Hypotheses regarding this research question are: 1) Frailty is associated with increased 12-month mortality, 2) Frailty is associated with increased 3-month mortality or unplanned hospitalization, 3) Frailty is associated with lower baseline health-related quality of life (HrQOL), and 4) Frailty is associated with worsening HrQOL at 3 months.

There are three specific study objectives. 1) To compare the ability of various frailty measures to predict all-cause mortality, hospitalizations, and HrQOL in patients attending an outpatient HF clinic. 2) To examine the determinants of longitudinal changes in frailty measures over time. Lastly, 3) To examine the clinical and frailty related determinants of fatigue in older adults

A prospective longitudinal cohort study will be conducted at a specialized heart failure (HF) clinic at the Jewish General Hospital (JGH) and Royal Victoria Hospital (RVH). The study aims to measure frailty and its associated risk factors in community dwelling individuals, aged 65 years or older and who have been diagnosed with HF (preserved or reduced ejection fraction) for at least 3 months. The multi-domain geriatric assessment will include questionnaires administered by interview, physical performance tests, body composition analysis using a bioimpedance machine, review of clinically acquired biochemical and imaging tests, and chart review. The geriatric domains evaluated will include: frailty status, hearing impairment, visual impairment, polypharmacy, sarcopenia, malnutrition, cognitive impairment, depression, fatigue, sleep difficulties, and disabilities. Baseline assessment will approximate to 40 minutes of patient contact time while follow up phone interviews at 3 and 12 months will approximate to 20 minutes. Outcome measures such as all-cause mortality, HrQOL, unplanned hospitalization will be assessed at 3 months and 1-year post enrollment.

Conditions

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Heart Failure Frail Elderly Syndrome

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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JGH Cohort

This cohort will not be subjected to any intervention.

No interventions assigned to this group

RVH Cohort

This cohort will not be subjected to any intervention.

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Community dwelling outpatients
* Aged 65 years or older
* A HF diagnosis with preserved or reduced ejection fraction for at least 3 months
* Agreed to participate and signed an informed consent form

Exclusion Criteria

* Outpatients with a recent hospital admission within 3 months
* Acutely decompensated HF status at the time of their visit
* Received intravenous (IV) diuretics or IV inotropes within 3 months
* A moribund health status with life expectancy less than 3 months
* Scheduled to undergo a major surgical or percutaneous procedure within 3 months
* Implantation of cardiac resynchronization therapy within the past 3 months or intent to place
* Patients with a history of heart transplant, currently on the transplant list or with an left ventricular device
* Severe neuropsychiatric impairments
* Non -English or French speaking

Minimum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No