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The Effect of Teleconsultation, on the Reversibility of Frailty in Geriatric Patients Post Hospitalization

NCT07712276 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 116

Last updated 2026-07-22

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Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a structured tele-consultation program, delivered 3 times over 12 weeks, can improve (reverse) frailty in geriatric patients recently discharged from the hospital. The main questions it aims to answer are:

* Does structured tele-consultation covering physical exercise, nutrition, and home care education change health behavior in older adults after hospital discharge?
* Does this change in health behavior lead to improvement in frailty, as measured by Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) score?
* Does this change in health behavior lead to improvement in frailty, as measured by decreased interleukin-6 (IL-6) and myostatin levels and increased albumin levels?
* Does this change in health behavior lead to improvement in frailty, as measured by increased hand grip strength?

Researchers will compare participants receiving structured tele-consultation (delivered 3 times over 12 weeks) to participants receiving usual care to see if tele-consultation leads to greater improvement in health behavior and frailty status.

Participants will:

* Undergo baseline assessment of CFS score, hand grip strength, and blood sampling for IL-6, albumin, and myostatin shortly after hospital discharge
* Be randomly assigned to receive either structured tele-consultation (3 sessions over 12 weeks, covering physical exercise, nutrition, and home care education) or usual care
* Undergo repeat assessment of health behavior, CFS score, hand grip strength, and the same blood markers at the end of the 12-week period

Conditions

  • Prefrail Elderly
  • Frail Elderly

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

structured teleconsultation and face to face consultation

A structured teleconsultation delivered via videoconference (Zoom), up to 60 minutes per session, provided by a trained general practitioner, dietitian, and physiotherapist. Sessions were conducted with the patient and a consistent family member/caregiver at weeks 3, 7, 11 post-discharge, in addition to standard discharge planning and routine face-to-face outpatient visits at weeks 1, 5, 9, 13.

BEHAVIORAL

face to face consultation

Routine face-to-face outpatient visits to the geriatric clinic at weeks 1, 5, 9, 13, post-discharge, without additional telehealth consultation.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Indonesia University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-08-03
Primary Completion
2027-06-30
Completion
2027-08-31

Countries

  • Indonesia

Study Locations

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