Julia V Loewenthal, Wren Burton, Shaida Kamali, Subha Ramani, Peter M Wayne, Ariela R Orkaby, Louise Aronson
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Abstract
Background: Pre-frailty is highly prevalent and multimodal lifestyle interventions are effective for preventing transition to frailty. However, little is known about the potential for medical group visits (MGV) to prevent frailty progression.
Objectives: To assess the feasibility and acceptability of the MGV Age Self Care-Resilience.
Design: Single-arm mixed methods pilot clinical trial.
Setting: Virtual MGV delivered in an ambulatory setting at a U.S. academic medical center.
Participants: Community-dwelling older adults (n = 11; age 65+) with pre- to mild frailty.
Intervention: Age Self Care-Resilience, an 8-week virtual MGV (90-minute sessions once per week) with sessions focused on physical activity, nutrition, social engagement, mind-body practice, and home environment modification.
Measurements: Primary outcomes were feasibility of recruitment, attendance, satisfaction, and feasibility of study measurements, collected via quantitative and qualitative approaches. Exploratory outcomes included frailty, psychosocial health, and physical function.
Results: A priori feasibility criteria were met for recruitment, with 15 (48 %) of those screened (31) meeting eligibility criteria, 11 (35 %) enrolling (mean age 74.5 yrs), and recruitment completed in less than one month. The nine participants who completed the study attended a mean of 7.2 of 8 sessions and completed 100 % of baseline and follow-up study measures; participants completed 58 % of the home practice log. Themes from participant interviews included: (1) mixed reactions to the recruitment term "pre-frailty;" (2) finding group participation as meaningful and empowering; and (3) perception that the program positively changed attitudes and lifestyle behaviors.
Conclusions: Age Self Care-Resilience is feasible and acceptable to pre- to mildly frail older adults. Next steps include evaluating the efficacy of Age Self Care-Resilience for preventing frailty progression with a fully powered randomized controlled trial.
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The Journal of Frailty & Aging is a peer-reviewed international journal aimed at presenting articles that are related to research in the area of aging and age-related (sub)clinical conditions. In particular, the journal publishes high-quality papers describing and discussing social, biological, and clinical features underlying the onset and development of frailty in older persons. The Journal of Frailty & Aging is composed by five different sections: - Biology of frailty and aging In this section, the journal presents reports from preclinical studies and experiences focused at identifying, describing, and understanding the subclinical pathophysiological mechanisms at the basis of frailty and aging. - Physical frailty and age-related body composition modifications Studies exploring the physical and functional components of frailty are contained in this section. Moreover, since body composition plays a major role in determining physical frailty and, at the same time, represents the most evident feature of the aging process, special attention is given to studies focused on sarcopenia and obesity at older age. - Neurosciences of frailty and aging The section presents results from studies exploring the cognitive and neurological aspects of frailty and age-related conditions. In particular, papers on neurodegenerative conditions of advanced age are welcomed. - Frailty and aging in clinical practice and public health This journal’s section is devoted at presenting studies on clinical issues of frailty and age-related conditions. This multidisciplinary section particularly welcomes reports from clinicians coming from different backgrounds and specialties dealing with the heterogeneous clinical manifestations of advanced age. Moreover, this part of the journal also contains reports on frailty- and age-related social and public health issues. - Clinical trials and therapeutics This final section contains all the manuscripts presenting data on (pharmacological and non-pharmacological) interventions aimed at preventing, delaying, or treating frailty and age-related conditions.The Journal of Frailty & Aging is a quarterly publication of original papers, review articles, case reports, controversies, letters to the Editor, and book reviews. Manuscripts will be evaluated by the editorial staff and, if suitable, by expert reviewers assigned by the editors. The journal particularly welcomes papers by researchers from different backgrounds and specialities who may want to share their views and experiences on the common themes of frailty and aging.The abstracting and indexing of the Journal of Frailty & Aging is covered by MEDLINE (approval by the National Library of Medicine in February 2016).
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