What this means
This study will compare five ways to measure frailty before surgery. It aims to find which one best predicts problems after an operation.
Plain-English summary written by an AI model from the registry listing.
- Status
- Recruiting
- Who can join
- Ages 70 and over
- Where
- 1 site
The science
- Registered title
- Comparison of Preoperative Frailty Assessment Tools
- Trial ID
- NCT06889545 ↗
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Study type
- observational
- Conditions
- Frailty, Frailty in Older Adults, Frailty/Sarcopenia
- What is tested
- Assessment of frailty using multiple tools
- Sponsor
- Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
- Ages
- 70 Years to no maximum
- Dates
- First posted Mar 21, 2025 · updated Jul 22, 2026
Registry summary
Frailty is a significant risk factor for postoperative complications and functional decline. Preoperative assessment of frailty is therefore recommended in all older adults. However, despite the availability of many frailty tools, few have been tested in the preoperative setting and there is little comparison of their predictive value in identifying patients at risk. The aim of this study is to investigate which of the following instruments for determining frailty has the highest predictive power with regard to the occurrence of postoperative complications: Risk Analysis Index, Clinical Frailty Scale, the Groningen Frailty Indicator, the Edmonton Frail Scale and the LUCAS-FI. The aim of this research project is to identify a suitable frailty instrument for preoperative risk stratification of older patients during the premedication visit.
Sites (1)
- University Medical Centre Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany