Evaluation in Elderly Individuals with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease(COPD)

Kırıkkale University

Status: Completed

Conditions: COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)

Treatments: Other: Evaluation

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05811832

KirikkaleUniversity771

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is conducted on the evaluation of balance, physical activity, functional capacity and activities of daily living in frail elderly individuals with COPD.

Full description

Patient evaluation form and socio-demographic form of all individuals participating in the study. Characteristics will be questioned: Name-surname, address, telephone, age, gender, weight, height, body mass index, occupation, marital status, social security, any systemic other than COPD whether he has a disease, whether he has social security, whether he smokes, It will be questioned whether there is any other COPD patient in the family and whether there is pain. To assess pulmonary functions at the assessment stage for all individuals pulmonary function test to evaluate dyspnea Modified Medical Saint George Respiratory Research Council to assess health-related quality of life Two Minute Walk Test to assess exercise capacity, frailty Frail fragility scale to detect frailty, Prisma-7 Vulnerability scale to assess fragility The scale was Pase to assess physical activity, Berg Balance to assess balance scale, digital hand dynamometer to assess quadriceps muscle strength, hand grip hand dynamometer to assess strength, fatigue levels Fatigue Severity Scale will be used to evaluate.

Enrollment: 54 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65 to 84 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Being diagnosed with COPD according to the Gold criteria
• Be over 65 years old
• Volunteering to participate in the study
• Not having mental and communication problems that prevent filling out the questionnaires to be used in the research.
• Not having an attack in the last 2 months

Exclusion criteria

• Being in a COPD exacerbation process
• Having been diagnosed with a physical and mental illness
• Having unstable COPD
• Unstabile angina, previous Myocardial Infractus, uncontrolled hypertension, cancer, with functional limitations concomitant neurological or musculoskeletal disorders
• Currently addicted to alcohol or drugs
• Having severe vision and hearing problems
• Have had major surgery in the last few months
• History of recurrent significant clinical infection

Trial design

54 participants in 2 patient groups

Fragile elderly individuals with COPD

Description:

Patient evaluation form and socio-demographic form of all individuals participating in the study. properties will be questioned.To assess pulmonary functions at the assessment stage for all individuals pulmonary function test,Modified Medical Questionnaire to assess dyspnea research Council, to assess health-related quality of life, Saint George Respiratory Two Minute Walk Test to assess exercise capacity, frailty Frail fragility scale to detect fragility, Prisma-7 Vulnerability scale to assess fragility The scale is Pase to assess physical activity, Berg balance to assess balance. scale, digital hand dynamometer to evaluate quadriceps muscle strength, hand grip strength hand dynamometer to assess fatigue levels Fatigue Severity Scale will be used.

Treatment:

Other: Evaluation

Non-fragile elderly individuals with COPD

Description:

Patient evaluation form and socio-demographic form of all individuals participating in the study. properties will be questioned.To assess pulmonary functions at the assessment stage for all individuals pulmonary function test,Modified Medical Questionnaire to assess dyspnea research Council, to assess health-related quality of life, Saint George Respiratory Two Minute Walk Test to assess exercise capacity, frailty Frail fragility scale to detect fragility, Prisma-7 Vulnerability scale to assess fragility The scale is Pase to assess physical activity, Berg balance to assess balance. scale, digital hand dynamometer to evaluate quadriceps muscle strength, hand grip strength hand dynamometer to assess fatigue levels Fatigue Severity Scale will be used.

Treatment:

Other: Evaluation