NCT06969716

Frequency of Fibromyalgia Syndrome in Elderly Patients Aged 80 and Above and Its Relationship With Geriatric Parameters

Frequency of Fibromyalgia Syndrome in Elderly Patients Aged 80 and Above and Its Relationship With Detailed Geriatric Assessment Parameters

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 420 (actual)
• Sponsor: Sultan 1. Murat State Hospital · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of fibromyalgia syndrome in patients aged 80 years and over and to examine the relationship between detailed geriatric assessment parameters and fibromyalgia syndrome.

Conditions

• Fibromyalgia
• Old Age; Debility

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Detailed geriatric assessment	The demographic characteristics of the patients, comorbid diseases, history and number of falls in the last 6 months will be questioned, and the thyroid stimulating hormone, calciferol, cobalamin, glycosylated hemoglobin, folic acid and glomerular filtration rate levels routinely requested from each patient in the last 3 months will be recorded. During the outpatient clinic application, the patients will undergo neurocognitive assessment, mood assessment, daily living activities assessment, balance and walking assessment, nutritional assessment and frailty assessment. The patients' handgrip strength from their dominant hand will be assessed with a hand dynamometer. The walking speed of the patients will be measured as the number of seconds it takes to walk 4 meters and recorded in seconds. All patients will be questioned about the presence of body pain with the numerical pain scale score and all patients will be evaluated for the presence of fibromyalgia syndrome.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-05-01
• Primary completion: 2026-03-03
• Completion: 2026-03-03
• First posted: 2025-05-14
• Last updated: 2026-03-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)