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Source
Brief title
Health condition
preservation of functioning - functiebehoud
elderly - ouderen
Sponsors and support
Research Group for Nursing and Allied Health care for people with chronic illnesses, Hogeschool Utrecht
Intervention
Outcome measures
Primary outcome
Preservation of functioning.
Secondary outcome
1. Isometric Grip Strength (IGS);
2. VO2 max;
3. Physical activity;
4. Physical performance.
change in IGS, Physical Performance and Physical Activity
Background summary
According to the majority of older people preservation of physical and psychosocial functioning is important in their live. However, two third of older people have one or more chronic disease, with a mean number of conditions of 2.5. For older people these chronic conditions become problematic as soon as these conditions threat daily live activities and vitality. Functional decline and loss of vitality can change the balance in daily living negatively with the risk of a cascade breakdown. This group of older people is vulnerable; this vulnerability is often defined as “frailty”. Although frailty is studied in a growing number of studies, the pathway to frailty is almost unknown. Age, disease, loss of muscle mass and bone mineral density are considered as key factors in the process of frailty. The lack of understanding of the physiology and etiology of frailty causes a problem in the development of effective preventive interventions. Preventive interventions could enable people, even in old age and with chronic conditions, to live independently the life they choose to live. Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) such as coronary ischemic disease, heart failure and cerebrovascular accidents are prominent among the chronic conditions that predispose elderly people to functional limitations and disability. Because of the aging of the population, the number of people with functional limitations and disability will only increase.
The aim of this project is to gain insight in which somatic, cognitive and psychosocial
factors contribute to preservation of functioning, in order to identify older people with potential
risk of functional decline in an early stage and develop interventions to prevent or delay
functional decline to enable older people to stay independent and able to take care of themselves.
Study objective
N/A
Study design
1. Baseline visits 10y ago;
2. Follow-up visits planned for September 2009 until April 2011.
Intervention
None.
E.M.A. Ilse
Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, UMC Utrecht
STR 6.118
Utrecht 3508 GA
The Netherlands
+31-88-756 8123
iarts@umcutrecht.nl
E.M.A. Ilse
Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, UMC Utrecht
STR 6.118
Utrecht 3508 GA
The Netherlands
+31-88-756 8123
iarts@umcutrecht.nl
Inclusion criteria
All participants of the original Frailty- and Hamlet-study:
1. Women (FRAILTY-study):
The FRAILTY-study population comprised 402 women between 50 and 74 years of age, living independently in Utrecht and the surrounding area at the time of the baseline visit in 1999-2000. At time of the follow-up visit in 2009-2010 they are 60-84 years of age;
2. Men (HAMLET-study):
The HAMLET-study population comprised 400 men between 40 and 80 years of age, living independently in Utrecht at the time of the baseline measurements in 2001-2002. At time of the follow-up visit in 2009-2010 they are 48-88 years of age.
Exclusion criteria
None.
Design
Recruitment
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In other registers
Register | ID |
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NTR-new | NL1754 |
NTR-old | NTR1864 |
Other | ZonMw : NPO 60-61900-98-146 |
ISRCTN | ISRCTN wordt niet meer aangevraagd. |