Screening for Frailty at Home

NCT02852200 | Terminated

• 1 other identifier: PO12146
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 167
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

"Many tools to evaluate frailty have been developed. However, at the time our study was designed, none of these instruments had been validated in terms of psychometric properties. The aim of this study was to validate the modified version of the Short Emergency Geriatric Assessment (SEGAm) frailty instrument in elderly people living at home. It was an observational, longitudinal, prospective, multicentre study, set up in four departments (Ardennes, Marne, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Meuse) in two French regions (Champagne-Ardenne and Lorraine). Subjects was aged 65 years or more, living at home, and was able to read and understand French, with a degree of autonomy corresponding to groups 5, or 6 in the AGGIR autonomy evaluation scale. Assessment included demographic characteristics, comprehensive geriatric assessment, and the SEGAm instrument. Psychometric validation was used to study feasibility and acceptability, internal structure validity, reliability, and discriminant validity of the SEGAm instrument. "

Conditions

Healthy Volunteers

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• The psychometric properties of SEGAm measured by questionnaire

  The SEGAm to be validated comprises Sheet A, which evaluates frailty per se on a 13-item scale, with each item graded either 0 (most favourable state), 1, or 2 (least favourable state), thus making it possible to classify subjects into three groups: not very frail (score ≤8), frail (8\<score ≤11), and very frail (score\> 11). The SEGAm was administered by social workers, ergotherapists, nurses and non-medical personnel trained in administration of the instrument.

  12 months after inclusion

Study Arms (1)

SEGAm

Elderly community-dwelling people

Other: SEGAm

Interventions

SEGAm OTHER

SEGAm

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 65 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Elderly community-dwelling people aged 65 years or over

You may qualify if:

• Age: 65 years or more
• Living at home
• Able to read and understand French
• With a degree of autonomy corresponding to groups 5, or 6 in the AGGIR autonomy evaluation scale

Sponsors & Collaborators

• CHU de Reims: lead

Study Sites (1)

Chu de Reims

Reims, 51092, France

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Oubaya N, Mahmoudi R, Jolly D, Zulfiqar AA, Quignard E, Cunin C, Nazeyrollas P, Novella JL, Drame M. Screening for frailty in elderly subjects living at home: validation of the Modified Short Emergency Geriatric Assessment (SEGAm) instrument. J Nutr Health Aging. 2014;18(8):757-64. doi: 10.1007/s12603-014-0541-1.

  PMID: 25286456 BACKGROUND

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: OTHER
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 17, 2016
• First Posted: August 2, 2016
• Study Start: June 1, 2012
• Primary Completion: July 1, 2012
• Study Completion: March 1, 2013
• Last Updated: October 17, 2017

Record last verified: 2017-10

Locations

FR (1)