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

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

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Key information

Conditions

Acute Disease Disease Attributes Pathologic Processes Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Age range

65 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Lillebaelt hospital

Kolding, 6000, Denmark

About this study

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.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

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

Treatment and study plan

30 sec chair stand test

Other

diagnostic test for functional impairment

Primary outcomes

30-Second Chair Stand Test

Time frame: 14 days after admission at the hospital

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Southern Denmark

Other

Registry information

Official study title

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

Important dates

Study start: 2014
Primary completion: 2015
Study completion: 2015
First posted: Jun 17, 2015
Registry last updated: Jun 17, 2015

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