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Screening for Frailty at Home (SEGAm)

C

CHU de Reims

Status

Terminated

Conditions

Healthy Volunteers

Treatments

Other: SEGAm

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02852200
PO12146

Details and patient eligibility

About

"Many tools to evaluate frailty have been developed. However, at the time our study was designed, none of these instruments had been validated in terms of psychometric properties. The aim of this study was to validate the modified version of the Short Emergency Geriatric Assessment (SEGAm) frailty instrument in elderly people living at home.

It was an observational, longitudinal, prospective, multicentre study, set up in four departments (Ardennes, Marne, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Meuse) in two French regions (Champagne-Ardenne and Lorraine). Subjects was aged 65 years or more, living at home, and was able to read and understand French, with a degree of autonomy corresponding to groups 5, or 6 in the AGGIR autonomy evaluation scale. Assessment included demographic characteristics, comprehensive geriatric assessment, and the SEGAm instrument. Psychometric validation was used to study feasibility and acceptability, internal structure validity, reliability, and discriminant validity of the SEGAm instrument. "

Full description

Many tools to evaluate frailty have been developed. However, most are designed for use in the hospital setting, with the resultant drawback that they are not suitable for routine use in the community setting. A few tools have been developed for use in community-dwelling subjects, such as the Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS) developed by Fried from a cohort of subjects aged 65 and older; the Study of Osteoporotic Fractures (SOF); or the SHARE frailty instrument, developed in a cohort of the same name comprising subjects aged 50 years and older living at home. However, at the time our study was designed, none of these instruments had been validated in terms of psychometric properties. The aim of this study was to validate the modified version of the Short Emergency Geriatric Assessment (SEGAm) frailty instrument in elderly people living at home. It was an observational, longitudinal, prospective, multicentre study, set up in four departments (Ardennes, Marne, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Meuse) in two French regions (Champagne-Ardenne and Lorraine). Subjects was aged 65 years or more, living at home, and was able to read and understand French, with a degree of autonomy corresponding to groups 5, or 6 in the AGGIR autonomy evaluation scale. Assessment included demographic characteristics, comprehensive geriatric assessment, and the SEGAm instrument. Psychometric validation was used to study feasibility and acceptability, internal structure validity, reliability, and discriminant validity of the SEGAm instrument.

Enrollment

167 patients

Sex

All

Ages

65+ years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Age: 65 years or more
  • Living at home
  • Able to read and understand French
  • With a degree of autonomy corresponding to groups 5, or 6 in the AGGIR autonomy evaluation scale

Exclusion criteria

Trial design

167 participants in 1 patient group

SEGAm
Description:
Elderly community-dwelling people
Treatment:
Other: SEGAm

Trial contacts and locations

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