Clinical Trial: The Oral Symptom Assessment Scale in Older Patients With Frailty
Study Status: COMPLETED
Recruit Status: COMPLETED
Condition: Frailty
Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
Official Title: Oral Symptoms in Older Patients With Frailty: a Prospective Observational Study Using the Oral Symptom Assessment Scale
Brief Summary:
Oral (or mouth) symptoms are common in older patients who live with frailty.It is known that frailty describes someone's overall resilience and how this relates to the chances of recovery following a health problem.A questionnaire called the Oral Symptom Assessment Scale (or OSAS) was designed to look at mouth symptoms in patients who had an advanced cancer.These symptoms may overlap with patients who have frailty.This research study is taking place to find out if the OSAS will be a suitable questionnaire…
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