NCT06509620

Physical and Cognitive Performance in Older Adults With Fatigue

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 70 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Ain Shams University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Fatigue is a common symptom in older adults, often linked to various medical conditions, medications, and psychosocial factors, and it can adversely affect both physical and cognitive performance in the aging population, contributing to functional decline and reduced quality of life. Assessment of the physical impact of fatigue on physical and cognitive performance in older adults can offer valuable insights for clinical practice and holistic geriatric care. Therefore, this study will validate subjective tools used for measuring the impact of fatigue against objective measures.

Conditions

• Fatigue

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Fatigue severity scale	fatigue severity scale is a unidimensional, nine-item questionnaire capturing information on the impact and severity of fatigue. Participants rated the 9-items on a 7-point, Likert-type scale with anchors of strongly disagree (1) and strongly agree (7) based on the previous week. The overall score is an average of the individual item scores and can range between 1 and 7.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-08-01
• Primary completion: 2025-03-01
• Completion: 2025-05-01
• First posted: 2024-07-19
• Last updated: 2024-07-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt