RCT to Analyze the Efficacy of a Spanish Healthcare ministRy Based In InTervention to Reduce Frailty Status in Prefrail Older Adults

Launched by COMPLEJO HOSPITALARIO UNIVERSITARIO DE ALBACETE · Aug 4, 2021

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ClinConnect Summary

This clinical trial is studying a program designed to help older adults who are at risk of becoming frail, which means they may have less strength and energy to carry out daily activities. The program includes group exercise sessions and nutritional support, guided by trained professionals, to improve physical health and overall quality of life. Researchers want to see if this intervention can make a positive difference in the participants' frailty status after one year, as well as reduce hospital visits and improve their well-being.

To participate in the trial, individuals must be community-dwelling adults aged 70 or older, able to perform physical exercises, and have a certain level of mobility. However, those with serious heart conditions or other health issues that might prevent safe participation will not be eligible. If you join, you can expect to be part of a supportive group focused on improving health through exercise and nutrition, and you will be closely monitored throughout the study to track your progress.

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Community-dwelling adults with age equal or greater than 70 years.
• • Barthel index \> 85
• • Gait speed \< 0.8 m/s OR frailty /prefrailty using the frailty phenotype
• • Ability to realize the physical exercise program
• • Capacity to understand the procedures and interventions of the trial
• • Capacity to understand and sign the informed consent
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Major contraindications for exercise: Severe aortic valve stenosis, myocardial infarction in the previous 6 weeks, Venous thromboembolic disease in the previous 6 weeks.
• • Inability to conduct the physical tests of the trial
• • Inability to understand the procedures of the trial
• • Active solid organ or hematologic neoplasm other than basocellular skin neoplasm, or life expectancy lower than one year.
• • Surgical intervention programmed that could interfere with the physical exercise program.