The Oral Symptom Assessment Scale in Older Patients With Frailty

Our Lady's Hospice and Care Services

Status: Completed

Conditions: Older Adults; Frailty

Treatments: Other: Oral Symptom Assessment Scale

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06286982

OASIS III

Details and patient eligibility

About

Oral (or mouth) symptoms are common in older patients who live with frailty. It is known that frailty describes someone's overall resilience and how this relates to the chances of recovery following a health problem. A questionnaire called the Oral Symptom Assessment Scale (or OSAS) was designed to look at mouth symptoms in patients who had an advanced cancer. These symptoms may overlap with patients who have frailty.

This research study is taking place to find out if the OSAS will be a suitable questionnaire that can be used in older patients with frailty.

This study will take place in Our Lady's Hospice & Care Services, Harold's Cross and St James' Hospital over six months.

Full description

Participants will be asked by one of our researchers about the presence or absence of 21 mouth symptoms in the last week. If present, the participant will be asked about how bothersome each symptom is as well as the severity and frequency. Up to three additional mouth symptoms that are not listed in the OSAS can be reported and rated in the same way by the participant. Participants will be asked about the questionnaire itself to provide feedback. This will take approximately 10-15 minutes to complete both.

Enrollment: 250 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Age ≥ 65 years old
• Clinical Frailty Score ≥ 5
• No known history of dementia
• The attending clinician should have no concerns about a participant's capacity to consent for this research

Exclusion Criteria:

• Inability to provide informed consent
• Inability to complete the questionnaire
• Abbreviated Mental Test Score -4 (AMT4) <4

Trial design

250 participants in 1 patient group

People aged 65 years and older with a Clinical Frailty Score (CFS) ≥5

Description:

The Oral Symptom Assessment Scale will be administered to participants. A feedback questionnaire will also be administered.

Treatment:

Other: Oral Symptom Assessment Scale