Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT03721471
Outcome of Very Old Patients Admitted for Elective Major Surgery, the Effect of Frailty
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 144 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Haukeland University Hospital · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 80 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The aim of the study is to investigate the effect of frailty in patients ≥ 80 years admitted for elective major abdominal surgery.
Detailed description
Patients ≥ 80 years admitted for elective major abdominal surgery will be asked to participate in this study where frailty will be scored using the Clinical Frailty Scale and by measuring hand-grip-strength. Primary outcome is mortality at 30 days, 90 days and 1 year.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OTHER | Scoring of frailty | 1. Patients will be scored by the Clinical frailty Scale 2. Patients' hand-grip-strength will be measured by a dynamometer. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2018-10-01
- Primary completion
- 2024-10-02
- Completion
- 2024-10-02
- First posted
- 2018-10-26
- Last updated
- 2024-10-04
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Norway
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03721471. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.