NCT06438718

Spanish Linguistic Validation, Validity and Reliability Test of Frail´BESTest in Elderly Institutionalized Frail People

Spanish Language Validation, Validity and Reliability Testing of Frail´BESTest in Frail Institutionalized Residents Over 60 Years of Age With Mild Cognitive Impairment

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 83 (actual)
• Sponsor: Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Aragón · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 60 Years – 100 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The aging of the global population presents significant social and health challenges. In Aragón, 15% of the population is between 65 and 79 years old, and the over-aging index is 16.6%, higher than the national average. This aging necessitates promoting healthy aging and maintaining functional capacity in advanced ages. Currently, 15% of the Aragonese population is potentially dependent, a figure that rises to 26% among those over 85 years old. The decline in functional capacity is due to auditory, visual, joint, and proprioceptive issues, resulting in increased vulnerability to falls, which are a significant cause of death among the elderly. The frailty syndrome, although common with aging, is not inevitable and is characterized by the loss of functional capacity and increased risk of falls and hospitalization. To assess this capacity in frail individuals, specific tools like the Mini-Motor Test, the Morton Mobility Index, and the Elderly Mobility Scale exist. The BESTest, developed in 2009, evaluates balance but is time-consuming to administer, leading to the creation of a shorter version, the Mini BESTest. However, both can be limiting for frail individuals. To address these limitations, the Frail'BESTest was developed, evaluating six balance subsystems and being suitable for frail individuals, making it a valid and sensitive tool in clinical practice. This research project aims to develop tools that identify balance problems in frail individuals with mild cognitive impairment, allowing for specific interventions to reduce the risk of falls.

Detailed description

This is a cross-sectional study consisting of two phases. In the first phase, the linguistic-transcultural validation of the Frail'BESTest will be carried out in a population (which we will call group A), which will be made up of people over 65 years of age who live in a community, who do not present cognitive impairment and whose physical functional state is preserved. In a second phase of the study, the validity and reliability of the test will be analysed in frail institutionalised people with mild cognitive impairment. For this purpose, frail people with mild cognitive impairment (group B) and frail people with no cognitive impairment (group C), all of them over 65 years of age, will be selected.

Conditions

• Frail Elderly Syndrome
• Mild Cognitive Impairment

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-04-01
• Primary completion: 2025-09-22
• Completion: 2025-11-28
• First posted: 2024-06-03
• Last updated: 2026-01-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain