The study intervention improves functional capacity and delays frailty status in pre-frail elderly subjects.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
170
Multidimensional intervention based on: good control of baseline diseases, review of medication adequacy, exercise program, nutritional assessment and control, social assessment and control.
Consorci Sanitari del Maresme
Mataró, Barcelona, Spain
Frailty according to L.Fried criteria (questionnaire).
L.Fried frailty criteria: (Robust: 0 criteria; Pre-frail: 1-2 criteria; Frail: \>=3 criteria) 1. Weight loss 2. Fatigue 3. Poor physical activity 4. Low walking speed 5. Low muscle strength Reference of L.Fried: J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2001 Mar; 56(3):M146-56. PMID: 11253156.
Time frame: One year
Functional capacity according to Barthel score and Timed up and go test.
Barthel score and Timed up and go test.
Time frame: One year
Nutritional status according to MNA-sf.
Mini Nutritional Assessment short form (MNA-sf).
Time frame: One year
Quality of live according to EuroQoL.
EuroQoL.
Time frame: One year
Mortality
Time frame: One year
Health resource consumption (composite measure)
Number of visits to primary care center, number of visits to hospital emergency department, number of hospitalizations, days of hospital stay, institutionalization to nursing homes, visits to nutritionist and visits to social services.
Time frame: One year
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