Physical and Cognitive Performance in Older Adults With Fatigue

NCT ID: NCT06509620

Last Updated: 2024-07-19

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Total Enrollment: 70 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2024-08-01
• Study Completion Date: 2025-05-01

Brief Summary

Fatigue is a common symptom in older adults, often linked to various medical conditions, medications, and psychosocial factors, and it can adversely affect both physical and cognitive performance in the aging population, contributing to functional decline and reduced quality of life.

Assessment of the physical impact of fatigue on physical and cognitive performance in older adults can offer valuable insights for clinical practice and holistic geriatric care. Therefore, this study will validate subjective tools used for measuring the impact of fatigue against objective measures.

Conditions

Fatigue

Study Design

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

Study Groups

cases

community dwelling elderly patients with fatigue. 70 Participants aged 60 years old and above both males and females with fatigue for at least 4 weeks not due to acute condition

Fatigue severity scale

Intervention Type: OTHER

fatigue severity scale is a unidimensional, nine-item questionnaire capturing information on the impact and severity of fatigue. Participants rated the 9-items on a 7-point, Likert-type scale with anchors of strongly disagree (1) and strongly agree (7) based on the previous week. The overall score is an average of the individual item scores and can range between 1 and 7.

control

age and gender matched elderly patients without fatigue

Fatigue severity scale

Intervention Type: OTHER

fatigue severity scale is a unidimensional, nine-item questionnaire capturing information on the impact and severity of fatigue. Participants rated the 9-items on a 7-point, Likert-type scale with anchors of strongly disagree (1) and strongly agree (7) based on the previous week. The overall score is an average of the individual item scores and can range between 1 and 7.

Interventions

Fatigue severity scale

fatigue severity scale is a unidimensional, nine-item questionnaire capturing information on the impact and severity of fatigue. Participants rated the 9-items on a 7-point, Likert-type scale with anchors of strongly disagree (1) and strongly agree (7) based on the previous week. The overall score is an average of the individual item scores and can range between 1 and 7.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Other Intervention Names

Modified Fatigue Impact Scale; MONTREAL COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT; 6 Minute walk test

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Participants aged 60 years old and above both males and females

Exclusion Criteria

• o Patients with acute medical illness.

• Patients with life threatening illnesses.
• Bedridden patients.
• Patients with diagnosed malignancy.
• Patients with debilitating chronic disease (end organ failure) (e.g. heart failure , renal failure, and liver cell failure).
• Patients with neurological diseases (e.g. moderate to severe dementia, stroke, parkinsonism) that interfere with the assessment process.
• Patients with musculoskeletal conditions that interfere with the assessment process (fracture, disabling osteoarthritis, painful arthritis).
• Patients with severe uncorrected hearing loss, vision impairment, or aphasia that may impede effective communication during the assessment.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 60 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Ain Shams University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Doha Rasheedy

Professor of Geriatrics and Gerontology

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Ain Shams University

Cairo, , Egypt

Countries

Egypt

Central Contacts

Doha Rasheedy, MD

Role: CONTACT

doharasheedy@med.asu.edu.eg

01001193544

Other Identifiers

MS313/2024

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id