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Designing a Multicomponent Intervention for Improving Frailty. A Pilot Study in the Basque Country

NCT07637890 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 32

Last updated 2026-06-12

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This pilot study tested whether a new program for older adults with frailty could realistically be carried out in primary health care. That is why the main objective of this study was to evaluate the viability and feasibility of the newly designed frailty intervention.

People over 65 were recruited in two health centers and invited to join a 3 month program combining group exercise, a medication review by a pharmacist, and nutrition workshops. The study also collected information on mobility, strength, nutrition, mood, cognition, and quality of life. Most measures were taken at the start and again four and eight months later.

The results will help refine the program and guide the design of a larger clinical trial.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Multi-component intervention: physical exercise, polypharmacy review and nutritional care

Physical exercise: one-hour group sessions, twice a week for 12 consecutive weeks, at the Municipal Sports centre led by a licensed sports instructor. All sessions followed a standardized structure consisting of a warm-up phase of approximately 25 minutes, a strengthening phase of about 25 minutes adjusted to each participant's physical condition, and a final 10-minute relaxation phase including flexibility and balance exercises. Polypharmacy review: a primary care pharmacist reviewed the pharmacological treatments of each participant in order to detect potentially inappropriate prescriptions, following the STOPP/START criteria. Nutritional care: the dietary intervention consisted of three group workshops, one per month, lasting for an hour each. The three workshops, led by a nutritionist, covered the basics of healthy eating, dietary adaptations for specific conditions with recipe ideas, and strategies to prevent malnutrition and sarcopenia.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Biogipuzkoa Health Research Institute

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-12-23
Primary Completion
2025-09-25
Completion
2025-09-25

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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Read the full study record

This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

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