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The Impact of Prehabilitation Bundle on Perioperative Outcome for Frail Elderly Patients Undergoing Major Abdominal Surgery

NCT02921932 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 62

Last updated 2017-10-06

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study aims to study the efficacy of a preoperative "bundle" of interventions, which consists of preoperative physiotherapy, nutritional support and cognitive exercises on elderly frail patients undergoing major abdominal surgery, and evaluating their outcomes. There will be two arms, intervention and control.

Conditions

  • Complication, Postoperative
  • Perioperative/Postoperative Complications

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Ensure, Resource 2.0 and Glucerna

Preoperative nutritional supplement for undernourished patients

OTHER

Cognitive Training, Memory Card Game

Preoperative memory card game

DEVICE

'Threshold' Inspiratory Muscle Trainer, Respironics of New Jersey Inc

Inspiratory muscle trainer protocol for strengthening respiratory muscles

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Singapore General Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Hairil R Abdullah, mbbs · Singapore General Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-03-01
Primary Completion
2018-03-31
Completion
2018-07-31

Countries

  • Singapore

Study Locations

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