Between Geriatric Syndrome and Chronic Disease Association and Prevalence Among Nonagenarians

NCT ID: NCT05062850

Last Updated: 2021-09-30

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: UNKNOWN
• Total Enrollment: 250 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2021-09-01
• Study Completion Date: 2022-05-31

Brief Summary

OBJECTİVE The world population is getting older. The most common condition in the aging population is comorbidity, which is a combination of more than one chronic disease or condition. Contrary to the traditional view that specific symptoms are characteristic of a single disease, the coexistence of multiple diseases and other age-related conditions in elderly individuals leads to what is defined as geriatric syndromes. Geriatric syndromes are quite common in the elderly population and are associated with poor quality of life, adverse health status, and increased cost. Physicians who more frequently care and manage patients with comorbid diseases and geriatric syndrome can cope better with these conditions when faced with them. It is known that the frequency of comorbidity and geriatric syndrome increases especially in the elderly. However, in the oldest age group, which is showing the fastest increase in population, these rates are not clearly known. The aim of this study is to shed light on the management of elderly patients by identifying geriatric syndromes and comorbidity prevalence, as well as chronic diseases and common geriatric syndromes, in patients 90 years of age and older who applied to the geriatric outpatient clinic.

METHOD Data of patients 90 years and older who applied to the geriatric outpatient clinic between November 2016 and January 2020 were retrospectively analyzed. The drugs used by the patients with their demographic characteristics such as age, gender, chronic diseases and geriatric syndromes were gathered. The drugs used were also obtained from the hospital-registered files and through the E-Pulse health system. Diabetes mellitus (DM), hypertension (HT), cardiovascular diseases (CVD), cerebrovascular occlusion (CVO), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), chronic kidney disease (CKD) were recorded as chronic diseases. Mild cognitive impairment (MCI), dementia, delirium, depression, fall, incontinence, malnutrition, sleep disorders, polypharmacy, and fall were recorded as geriatric syndrome. The modified Charlson comorbidity index was used to calculate the comorbidity index.

Conditions

The Study Addressed the Most Common Geriatric Syndromes and Chronic Diseases at Age 90 Years and Older and Their Association

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: CASE_ONLY
• Study Time Perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL

Interventions

observation

Our study does not involve an intervention. Chronic diseases and geriatric syndromes of the participants will be studied.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Community-dwelling individuals aged 90 and over

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients with missing data were excluded from the study

• Minimum Eligible Age: 90 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 120 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Gulhane Training and Research Hospital

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Betul Gulsum Yavuz Veizi

MD

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Gulhane Training and Research Hospital

Ankara, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Site Status: RECRUITING

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Central Contacts

betül gülsüm yavuz veizi, md

Role: CONTACT

dr.bgyavuz@hotmail.com

90-312-304 31 07

Facility Contacts

betül veizi, MD

Role: primary

095334593942

Other Identifiers

19-436

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id