Clinical Trial: Multidisciplinary Prehabilitation in High-risk Elective Surgical Patients: a Pilot Retrospective Observation Study
Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Condition: Frailty Syndrome
Study Type: Observational
Official Title: Multidisciplinary Prehabilitation Clinic to Improve Frailty and Functional Capacity in High-risk Elective Surgical Patients: a Pilot Retrospective Observation Study
Brief Summary:
Frailty is a multidimensional syndrome in which multiple small physiological deficits accumulate gradually, resulting in a loss of physiological reserve and adaptability, putting a patient that is exposed to stressor at a higher risk of adverse outcomes. Both pre-frailty and frailty are associated with worse outcomes and higher healthcare costs. With the potential "teachable" moment from the long surgical waiting time in Hong Kong, the effect of a prehabilitation program incorporated into clinical care pathway in…
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