Geriatric Syndrome in Nursing Home Residents
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
Disability in daily living activities (ADL) is a typical issue among nursing care residents. The goal of this study was to look at the geriatric syndromes that cause incapacity in nursing home residents.
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Detailed Description
More often than not, people who live in nursing homes can't move out. One of the main reasons they leave their own home is to lose their freedom. Nursing homes also have a lot of people with geriatric diseases like cognitive impairment, balance problems, urinary incontinence, and disability. But it's not known what role geriatric syndromes play in ADL impairment. To come up with good ways to treat geriatric syndromes, which are the main causes of ADL disability in nursing home patients, we need to know more about them. So, the point of this study was to look into geriatric syndromes that are linked to disability and find out what causes disability in nursing home patients.
Study Design
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- frailty [5 minute]
FRAIL includes five items that evaluate ambulation, weight loss, fatigue, diseases, and resistance. Each item receives a value of 0 or 1, for a total score ranging from 0 (best) to 5 (worst). A score of 3 shows frailty, a score of 1-2 indicates prefrailty, and a score of 0 indicates robustness.
- disability [5 minute]
The Barthel Index (BI) was used to determine the level of disability in ADL. The indicator has a maximum total score of 100, indicating that the individual is entirely autonomous in all physical functions. The lowest possible score is 0; this indicates that the individual is entirely dependent.
Secondary Outcome Measures
- sarcopenia [5 minute]
The SARC-F questionnaire was used to assess the risk of sarcopenia. The indicator has a maximum total score of 100, indicating that the individual is entirely autonomous in all physical functions. The lowest possible score is 0; this indicates that the individual is entirely dependent.
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
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age over 65
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staying in a nursing home for at least 12 months
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consent to participate in the study were the inclusion criteria.
Exclusion Criteria:
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people who were mentally unable to answer questions,
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people who were hospitalized
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people who had severe hearing or vision problems that made it hard to communicate
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people who took benzodiazepines or psychotropic drugs that made it hard to walk or balance
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people who had fractures or endoprostheses in any part of their bodies.
Contacts and Locations
Locations
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| 1 | Giresun University | Giresun | Turkey | 28000 |
Sponsors and Collaborators
- Giresun University
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: ULKU K SAHIN, PhD, Giresun University
Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Publications
None provided.- Nursing home