Clinical trials: Geriatrics
Bony Weight Bearing Disorder
Safety of Immediate Weight-Bearing as Tolerated After Well-Reduced Geriatric Hip
Purpose: Proximal femur fracture is a major traumatic injury in elderly populations; however, practical postoperative weight-bearing protocols are lacking.
- Trial name
- NCT06199739
- Testing
- Early-Weight bearing
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 14 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Far Eastern Memorial Hospital
Guideline Implementation, Physiotherapy
Physiotherapy Practice in Flemish Nursing Homes
The goal of this observational study is to evaluate the extent to which physiotherapy sessions in Flemish nursing homes adhere to the IAGG-GARN guidelines and to explore factors influencing clinical practice among…
- Conditions
- Guideline Implementation, Physiotherapy, Nursing Homes, Focus Group
- Trial name
- NCT07576751
- Testing
- Mapping therapy sessions
- Where
- 4 sites in Belgium
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hasselt University
Palliative Care, Primary Health Care
Identification of Elderly Patients in Need of Palliative Care by Family Physicians
In the last decades, the number of people living with chronic diseases had increased, mainly due to the aging of the population.
- Conditions
- Palliative Care, Primary Health Care, Geriatrics
- Trial name
- GerPal-ID (NCT04010136)
- Testing
- Palliative care training
- Where
- Portugal
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Beira Interior
Empathy
Embodied Empathy; Virtual Reality and Experiencing Geriatrics
The Embodied Empathy pilot study proposes to use VR technology to create original narratives of real life patients from their own perspectives for medical students to embody.
- Trial name
- NCT03987269
- Testing
- Embodied Virtual Reality, Narrative Video
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 41 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Virginia Commonwealth University
Education, Geriatrics
European Postgraduate Training in Geriatric Medicine
The objective of the study is to give a structured update on geriatric postgraduate education throughout Europe. The study will be performed as a cross-sectional structured quantitative online survey with qualitative comments.
- Trial name
- NCT02377908
- Testing
- Online Survey
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 47 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Klinikum Nürnberg