NCT05863611

The Impact of Frailty in Type 2 Diabetes

The Effect of Frailty on Balance and Fall Risk in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 50 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Kırıkkale University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of our work; To investigate the effect of frailty on balance and fall risk in individuals with type 2 diabetes.The reason why participants the investigators invited to the study is participants diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes.During the research, a questionnaire form (age, gender, educational status, etc.) in which participants demographic information will be recorded for evaluation purposes and a consent form for participation in the study will be filled. Standardized Mini Mental Test will be applied. Then fragility will be evaluated with the Fried Fragility Index. Fall assessment will be assessed with the Fall Risk Self-Assessment Scale and balance assessment will be made with the Tinetti Balance. participants will not need to spend a long time for all assessments. The time required for the assessment will be around 30 minutes.

Conditions

• Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	arms	During the research, a questionnaire form (age, gender, educational status, etc.) in which your demographic information will be recorded for evaluation purposes and a consent form for participation in the study will be filled. Standardized Mini Mental Test will be applied. Then fragility will be evaluated with the Fried Fragility Index. Fall assessment will be assessed with the Fall Risk Self-Assessment Scale. Balance assessment will be made with the Tinetti Balance and Gait Assessment.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-05-20
• Primary completion: 2023-05-25
• Completion: 2023-06-10
• First posted: 2023-05-18
• Last updated: 2023-05-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)