Dyspnea, Risk of Falling and Quality of Life in Adolescents, Youth and Geriatric Groups

Amira Hussin Hussin Mohammed

Status: Completed

Conditions: Public Health

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06303700

Quality of life

Details and patient eligibility

About

To assess the correlation between aspects of the dyspnea scale (indicating poor functionality), the fall efficacy scale (indicating a higher fear of falling), and all aspects of the SF36 (indicating quality of life) in 3 age groups: adolescents, youth, and geriatrics.

Full description

An observational study was done to assess the correlation between aspects of the dyspnea scale (indicating poor functionality), the fall efficacy scale (indicating a higher fear of falling), and all aspects of the SF36 (indicating quality of life) in 3 age groups: adolescents, youth, and geriatrics. The participants in each group were assessed using the previously mentioned scales. Then the relationships between them were calculated and analyzed.

Enrollment: 604 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 12 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

The participants were male or female community-dwellers, They ranged in age: adolescents from 12 to 17 years old, youth from 20 to 22 years old, and geriatrics from 60 to 80 years old.

Exclusion criteria

subjects with mobility disabilities and severe cognitive impairments.

Trial design

604 participants in 3 patient groups

adolescents

Description:

from both sex, age ranged from twelve to seventeen years old, free from mobility disability and Severe cognitive impairment

youth

Description:

from both sex, age ranged from twenty to twenty-two years old, free from mobility disability and Severe cognitive impairment

geriatrics

Description:

from both sex, age ranged from sixty to eighty years old, free from mobility disability and Severe cognitive impairment