Status:
COMPLETED
Promoting Independent Living in Frail Older Adults by Improving Cognition and Gait Ability and Using Assistive Products
Lead Sponsor:
Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Coimbra
Collaborating Sponsors:
Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria
Conditions:
Frailty
Cognition
Eligibility:
All Genders
65+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
A strategy involving 6 partners was planned, targeting the components of education, innovation, and practice-based research with knowledge transfer into clinical practice.The project MIND\&GAIT aims t...
Detailed Description
In this growing context of aging societies, the number of institutionalized older adults tends to increase. Several reasons lead to the institutionalization of older people, including physical and cog...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Older adults, age 65 or above;
- Older adults with the ability to consent in an informed manner their participation in the study;
- Older adults with clinical conditions that allow them to participate in the combined intervention;
- Older adults with mild to moderate cognitive frailty criteria as per the 6-CIT scale;
- Older adults with mild to moderate depressive status as per the Geriatric Depression Scale (15 items version).
- Older adults that present mild to moderate risk of fall tracked by Tinetti Index;
- Older adults with physical frailty tracked by the biomechanical gait parameters.
Exclusion
- Older adults without a stable clinical condition;
- Older adults with a cardiac condition that enables them practice of physical activity;
- Older adults that do not have the desire of participate in the study.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 23 2018
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
October 22 2018
Estimated Enrollment :
62 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03390478
Start Date
April 23 2018
End Date
October 22 2018
Last Update
January 30 2020
Active Locations (1)
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Health Sciences Research Unit: Nursing
Coimbra, Portugal, 3000-232