Status:
UNKNOWN
Swiss Frailty Network and Repository
Lead Sponsor:
University of Zurich
Collaborating Sponsors:
Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern
University Department of Geriatric Medicine FELIX PLATTER
Conditions:
Weight Loss
Fatigue
Eligibility:
All Genders
65+ years
Brief Summary
Physical frailty is an age-related medical syndrome defined by a decline in multiple body systems, thus causing increased vulnerability, even in the face of minor stressors (1) It has been linked to m...
Detailed Description
The Swiss Frailty Network and Repository is a Swiss Personalized Health Network (SPHN) driver project. The investigators aim to promote the sustainable implementation of a frailty data network for res...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Men and women age 65 and older
- Admission as inpatients to acute care at any partnering university hospital (eFI - subgroup)
- Admission as inpatients to acute geriatric care (cFI - subgroup)
- Patients or proxies need to provide a written informed consent (geriatric patients (cFI and eFI): project consent; non-geriatric patients ((eFI): general consent)
Exclusion
- Documented objection of participating in the project and/or subsequent use of personal health data
- Not fluent in local language (i.e. German, French)
- Patient is uncooperative or presence of inability to perform functional tests due to severe cognitive and/or physical impairment/acute medical illness
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2020
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
February 28 2024
Estimated Enrollment :
1500 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04516642
Start Date
June 1 2020
End Date
February 28 2024
Last Update
May 16 2023
Active Locations (1)
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1
Dept. of Geriatrics and Aging Research, University of Zurich / Geriatric Clinic University Hospital Zurich
Zurich, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland, 8037