Analysis of the French Balance and Daily Life (EVQ) Questionnaire for Evaluation of Balance in the Frail Elderly

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nīmes

Status: Completed

Conditions: Accidental Fall

Treatments: Other: Balance and daily life questionnaire

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03343821

2017-A01007-46 (Other Identifier)

NIMAO/2016/CEDMH-02

Details and patient eligibility

About

The Balance and Daily Life questionnaire (EVQ) observes the adaption of the patient in six scenarios of daily life; it is a measurement of falls, but also an evaluation of the modifications taken to prevent future falls. This study will analyze the robustness of this questionnaire.

Enrollment: 140 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• The patient must have given their free and informed consent and signed the consent form
• The patient must be a member or beneficiary of a health insurance plan
• The patient is at least 65 years' old
• The patient is fragile (< 8 score ≤ 11 SEGA score) hospitalized in the Physical Medicine and Functional Geriatric Readaptation service of the CHU Nîmes
• The patient can walk autonomously for 20m (with or without a walking aid)
• The patient is allowed to weight-bear

Exclusion criteria

• The subject is participating in an interventional study, or is in a period of exclusion determined by a previous study
• The subject refuses to sign the consent form
• It is impossible to give the subject informed information
• The patient is under safeguard of justice or state guardianship
• The patient is forbidden to weight-bear
• Comprehension problems preventing the accomplishment of the tasks
• Major short-term memory problems preventing the accomplishment of the tasks

Trial design

140 participants in 1 patient group

Frail elderly patient

Treatment:

Other: Balance and daily life questionnaire