How Well Does the 30-Second Chair Stand Test Predict Rehabilitation Needs in Acutely Admitted Elderly Patients

Acute Disease Clinical Trial

Official title:

How Well Does the 30-second Chair Stand Test Predict Rehabilitation Needs in Acutely Admitted Elderly Patients?

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02474277
• Other study ID #: SLB-ED-08-2014
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: December 10, 2014
• Last updated: June 16, 2015
• Start date: November 2014
• Est. completion date: May 2015

Study information

• Verified date: June 2015
• Source: University of Southern Denmark
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Denmark: The Regional Committee on Biomedical Research Ethics
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The aims are to identify predictive indicators of hospitalized elderly medical patients' need for rehabilitation and to validate (known group validity) the Chair Stand Test

Description:

In the emergency department the assessment of acutely admitted elderly medical patients' need for rehabilitation is difficult as it has to been performed within 48 hours. Is it possible to use the the Chair Stand Test in combination with admission complaints and identified risk factors to predict the need for rehabilitation? An investigating of the Chair Stand Test is needed, as its validity with hospitalized patients is undocumented.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 156
• Est. completion date: May 2015
• Est. primary completion date: April 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 65 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Can speak and understand Danish

• Can report personal data

• Within the first 48 hours of admission are able to sin on an ordinary chair

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients ordinarily unable to walk

Study Design

Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Diagnostic

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Acute Disease

Intervention

Other:
• 30 sec chair stand test
diagnostic test for functional impairment

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Denmark	Lillebaelt hospital	Kolding

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Southern Denmark

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Denmark, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	30-Second Chair Stand Test		14 days after admission at the hospital	No