Frailty in Daily Practice: Screening, Consultation and Education Activities

NCT ID: NCT04139837

Last Updated: 2022-05-26

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

5951 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-01-03

Study Completion Date

2022-05-25

Brief Summary

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The present study is designed to to estimate the prevalence of frailty and pre-frailty and their associated factors in community-dwelling populations aged 50 years and above in Hong Kong, and to explore the views of participants taking part in a community health talks or activities on frailty about what the participants felt or had gained from participating, concerns, and suggestions for change or improvement.

A survey of 15000 people aged 50 years or older identified in community facilities will be conducted. The participants will be invited to their affiliated centres for a brief screening using the FRAIL scale and assessment. A series of community health talks or activities on frailty will be offered to the participants based on the frailty status.Questionnaire and screening tools will be administered by trained researchers.

Detailed Description

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A 30-month community survey will be conducted, and the survey will be divided into three phases, namely study preparation and subject recruitment (6 months), data collection (18 months), and data entry and analysis (6 months).

A survey of 15000 people aged 50 years or older identified in community facilities (e.g., neighbourhood elderly centre, social centre for the elderly) will be conducted. The participants will be invited to their affiliated centres for a brief screening using the FRAIL scale and assessment. A series of community health talks or activities on frailty will be offered to the participants based on the frailty status. Questionnaire and screening tools will be administered by trained researchers.

The primary outcome will be the prevalence of frailty and pre-frailty. Secondary outcomes will cover physical performance measures including hand-grip strength and 5-chair stand test. Anthropometric and demographic data will also be collected using standardized methods and questionnaires respectively.

Views of participants taking part in a community health talks or activities on frailty about what the participants felt or had gained from participating, concerns, and suggestions for change or improvement will be explored by client satisfaction questionnaires.

Conditions

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Frailty

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

ECOLOGIC_OR_COMMUNITY

Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Interventions

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Health screening, community health talks or activities on frailty

Screening for frailty using the FRAIL scale to categorize participant's status as robust, prefrail and frail. A series of community health talks or activities on frailty will be provided to each category of participants for the prevention or management of frailty.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* People aged 50 years or older
* Chinese origin
* Normally reside in Hong Kong
* Could speak and understand Chinese
* Willing to follow the study procedures

Exclusion Criteria

-Live in a residential aged care facility
Minimum Eligible Age

50 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Chinese University of Hong Kong

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Jean Woo

Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Jean Woo, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Chinese University of Hong Kong

Locations

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Chinese University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong, , China

Site Status

Countries

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China

Other Identifiers

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2019.475

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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