Physical Training and Health Education in Hospitalized Elderly (NCT03604640) | Clinical Trial Compass
CompletedNot Applicable
Physical Training and Health Education in Hospitalized Elderly
Spain260 participantsStarted 2018-05-03
Plain-language summary
The Activity in GEriatric acute CARe (AGECAR) Plus Health Education is a randomized control trial to assess the effectiveness of an intrahospital exercise and health education program during short hospital stays for improving functional capacity of patients aged 75 years or older.
Who can participate
Age range75 Years
SexALL
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Inclusion Criteria:
* Participants will include people aged 75 years or older recruited from patients admitted into the Geriatrics Department of the Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón (Madrid, Spain).
* Able to ambulate, with or without personal/technical assistance.
* Able to communicate.
* Informed consent: Must be capable and willing to provide consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Duration of hospitalization \< 72 hours
* Any factor is precluding performance of the physical training program or testing procedures as determined by the attending physician. These factors include, but are not limited to the following:
* Terminal illness.
* Not capable of ambulation.
* Unstable cardiovascular disease or other medical condition.
* Severe dementia.
* Unwillingness to either complete the study requirements or to be randomized into control or intervention group.