Handgrip Strength (HGS) With HGS Asymmetry Are Associated With All-cause Mortality and Hospital Readmissions

Nanjing Medical University342 enrolled

Overview

Adding the handgrip strength (HGS) asymmetry to the existing measurements of low HGS may improve the assessment of muscle function.

We sought to explore the associations between maximal HGS with HGS asymmetry and mortality, hospital readmissions, total complications, and prolonged length of stay (PLOS) among elderly patients with gastric cancer.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

342

Conditions

Gastric Cancer

Interventions

No interventionOTHER

This is an observational study with no intervention.

Eligibility

Sex: ALL

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * with gastric cancer * aged ≥60 years * were scheduled to undergo radical surgery for the first time Exclusion Criteria: * received preoperative radiotherapy or chemotherapy * combined with other types of malignant tumors

Locations (1)

Nanjing medical university

Nanjing, China

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

All-cause mortality

within 3 months after surgery, collected from telephone follow-up

Time frame: about 3 months

Hospital readmissions

wihthin 3 months after surgery, collected from telephone follow-up

Time frame: about 3 months

Secondary Outcomes

Total complications

during hospitalization, collected from medical records

Time frame: about 3 months

prolonged length of stay

during hospitalization, collected from medical records

Time frame: about 3 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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