Physical Training in Hospitalized Elderly — AGECAR  

Functional Impairment Clinical Trial

Official title: Effects of an Intrahospital Exercise Program in Functional Capacity of Old Inpatients

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

Background The Activity in GEriatric acute CARe (AGECAR) is a randomized control trial to assess the effectiveness of an intrahospital strength and walk program during short hospital stays for improving functional capacity of patients aged 75 years or older.

Clinical Trial Description

Objective: The main objective of this study is to assess whether an inpatient exercise program, beyond other components of interdisciplinary care, could reduce hospital associated disability (HAD) in medical patients aged 75 years and older admitted to an acute care for elders (ACE) unit.

Population: The reference population will be patients aged 75 years and older admitted to the ACE unit from the emergency department. This study will include only patients discharged alive. Exclusion criteria include patients fully dependent at baseline, unable to sign informed consent, unstable medical condition, short stay (<3 days), end stage illness.

Interventions: Patients will be randomly assigned to a control or an intervention group. Participants allocated to the control group will receive usual care in the ACE unit with actions directed to prevent delirium and functional decline. The intervention group, in addition to the usual care, will receive an exercise program. Briefly, this program consisted of strengthening of lower limbs muscles, and walking, daily from Monday to Friday. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Functional Impairment

• NCT number: NCT01374893
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañon
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 1, 2011
• Completion date: October 1, 2014