NCT05546671

Impact of Hand Grip Strength on Length of Hospital Stay After Cardiac Surgery Among Elderly Patients

Usefulness of Hand Grip Strength as a Predictor of Prolonged Hospital Stay in Elderly Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 240 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Kartal Kosuyolu High Speciality Training and Research Hospital · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: —

Summary

Hand grip strength has been shown to be a predictor of adverse cardiovascular outcomes in the elderly population. This study aims to investigate whether measurement of hand grip strength could be used as a predictor of prolonged hospital stay after cardiac surgery in elderly patients.

Conditions

• Sarcopenia
• Frailty

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	Hand grip strength measurement	Preoperative hand grip strength will be measured in kilograms using a digital hand dynamometer (Baseline Smedley Digital Hand Dynamometer, Model 12-0286, Baseline Evaluation Instruments, China). Participants will be instructed to grip the hand dynamometer for 5 seconds with their dominant hand 3 times. They will be allowed to rest for 20 second between each grip. The highest measurement of 3 attempts will be recorded. Participants will be categorized as "strong grippers" or "weak grippers" according to Fried criteria as previously defined by Linda P. Fried and colleagues. A weak grip will be defined as follows: For men: BMI ≤24: hand grip strength ≤29 kg; BMI =24.1 to 28: hand grip strength ≤30 kg; BMI \>28: hand grip strength ≤32 kg For women: BMI ≤23: hand grip strength ≤17 kg; BMI =23.1 to 26: hand grip strength ≤17.3 kg; BMI =26.1 to 29: hand grip strength ≤18 kg; BMI \>29: hand grip strength ≤21 kg

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-11-01
• Primary completion: 2024-10-31
• Completion: 2024-11-30
• First posted: 2022-09-21
• Last updated: 2024-03-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)