Outcomes That Matter and Questionnaires for Older People With Frailty

NHS Foundation Trust

Status: Completed

Conditions: Frailty

Treatments: Behavioral: Qualitative Interviews

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06099691

329896

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this qualitative study is to investigate what matters to older people living with frailty, and how this can be measured using questionnaires (Patient Reported Outcome Measures, or "PROMs").

The research questions are:

1. What outcomes matter to older adults living with frailty?
2. What are participants' perceptions of PROMs that could measure these outcomes?

Our estimated sample will be 15 older adults, approximately 5 people living with mild frailty, 5 living with moderate frailty and 5 living with severe frailty. Participants will take part in one 90-minute interview.

Enrollment: 15 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Over the age of 65

• Indication of frailty in one of the following ways:

  • Clinical diagnosis of frailty
  • Assessment of at least "4" on the Clinical Frailty Scale by a healthcare professional

• Having mental capacity to consent to participate as defined under the Mental Capacity Act (2005). This will be assessed in the telephone conversation prior to the interview by a researcher who has received Mental Capacity training

• Available to be interviewed by face-to-face interview at the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Exeter Clinical Research Facility or as a home visit, or as an online meeting

Exclusion criteria

• Not able to participate in face-to-face interview or use video call technology

• Not assessed as frail

• Not able to express thoughts and opinions in sufficient depth for analysis, even with facilitation by a relative or carer. This will be assessed in the telephone conversation with the researcher prior to the interview.

• Lacking capacity to consent to participate as defined under the Mental Capacity Act (2005). An individual would be unable to participate if they cannot:

  • Understand the information relevant to the decision of participating
  • Retain that information
  • Use or weigh up that information as part of the process of deciding whether to participate
  • Communicate their decision to other people

Trial design

15 participants in 1 patient group

Older adults with frailty

Description:

Participants will be interviewed about what matters to them. They will then give their opinions on questionnaires that aim to measure what matters to them.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Qualitative Interviews