Status:
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Implementation and Assessment of the BE-FIT Program
Lead Sponsor:
University of Alberta
Collaborating Sponsors:
University of Calgary
Conditions:
Postoperative Complications
Mobility
Eligibility:
All Genders
65-110 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Lengthy hospitalization and immobility can lead to muscle loss resulting in reduced recovery rates and prolonged hospital stay or readmission. Older adults discharged from hospitals are at an increase...
Detailed Description
Frailty and post-operative complications are the predictors of increased cost-of-care among older patients who underwent emergency abdominal surgery in Alberta. In addition, older patients are often m...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- age 65 or older
- patients admitted to hospital for surgical procedures such as general surgical, urologic, otolaryngologic, and transplant surgery
Exclusion
- non-index admissions (i.e., transferred from another inpatient service)
- out-of-province
- palliative surgery
- multi-system trauma patients
- patients with a Clinical Frailty Scale score ≥ 7
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 1 2021
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
September 30 2026
Estimated Enrollment :
2180 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT05338528
Start Date
August 1 2021
End Date
September 30 2026
Last Update
September 22 2025
Active Locations (1)
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University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2R3