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Frailty Status and Increased Risk for Falls

Turkey (Türkiye)1,000 participantsStarted 2017-05-01

Plain-language summary

We hypothesized that the use of anticholinergic medications may precipitate falls differently by frailty status in older adults. Community-dwelling older subjects admitted to the Geriatrics Outpatient Clinic prospectively enter into the study. Frailty status is defined according to the Physical Frailty Phenotype. The drugs are categorized according to the ACB scale

Who can participate

Age range65 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Community-dwelling older adults Exclusion Criteria: * a history of dementia, * current delirium or psychotic symptoms, * taking antipsychotic medications, * being functionally dependent to others, * difficulty in communicating with the interviewer, * terminal illness, * being bedridden or wheelchair bound (≥2 weeks), * difficulty in standing or walking, * incomplete data

What they're measuring

Fall assessment

Timeframe: 1-2 hours

Trial details

NCT IDNCT04233541

SponsorSaglik Bilimleri Universitesi

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2020-01-31

Contact for this trial

Mehmet I Naharci, Assoc.Prof.

905445120147 drnaharci@yahoo.com

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