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This study aims to assess if grip strength can be used as a single, objective surrogate of frailty assessment in the surgical population.
Frailty is associated with worse outcomes. Current screening surveys are cumbersome, most containing multiple components. For frail patients particularly, it can be difficult to ascertain all the information requested. There is a need for a simple, one step, objective screening measure of frailty. There is some evidence in the medicine patients that grip strength may be related to frailty, but no such information is available for surgical patients.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| General surgery patient | General surgery patient admitted to the Section of General Surgery, Trauma, and Surgical Critical Care who are over 60. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Obtain grip strength from a standardized gripometer | Device | Obtain grip strength from a standardized gripometer, 3 times on each hand |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| linear regression of grip strength to frailty survey score | Their frailty survey and grip strength scores will also be recorded for analysis. We will analyze the data by linear regression of grip strength to frailty survey score. | 10 minutes at the time of admission |
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General surgery patients admitted to the Section of General Surgery, Trauma, and Surgical Critical Care who are over the age of 60.
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Bishwajit Bhattacharya, MD | Yale University | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Yale School of Medicine | New Haven | Connecticut | 06520 | United States |
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| ID | Term |
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| D000073496 | Frailty |
| ID | Term |
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| D010335 | Pathologic Processes |
| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |
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