Status:

COMPLETED

Frailty Prevention Through Improvement of Nutrition Physical Activity and Social Participation

Lead Sponsor:

Academia Sinica, Taiwan

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan

Miaoli General Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan

Conditions:

Frail Elderly

Eligibility:

All Genders

65+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The life expectancy of the Taiwanese reached 75.98 years in males and 82.65 years in females in 2011. Because of the improved longevity and low birth rate, proportion of elderly population increased t...

Detailed Description

This trial was conducted between October 2015 and June 2017 at the Miaoli General Hospital in Taiwan, and all eligible participants signed informed consent. The eligible pre-frail or frail elderly wer...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • To walk 14 meters within 1 minute by him-/ her-self
  • Fried score is in the range of 1 to 5 points
  • To be willing to join 3-month intervention

Exclusion

  • Having sever disease (i.e., cancer, under intensive care, or survival time \< 6 months)
  • Having communication problem (i.e., hearing-impaired, visually disabled, aphasia, dementia, or schizophrenia)
  • Stay in the nursing home or other similar institutes
  • Having joined other study
  • Not willing to take the food supplement of multiple vitamin, fruit/vegetable concentrate capsule, and fish oil
  • GDS \> = 10 points or MMSE \< 24 (If he/ she is illiteracy, MMSE \< 17)

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 1 2015

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

June 1 2017

Estimated Enrollment :

319 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03477097

Start Date

October 1 2015

End Date

June 1 2017

Last Update

March 26 2018

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Miaoli General Hospital

Miaoli, Taiwan, 36054