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PREPARE Trial: PReoperative Exercise to decrease PostoperAtive complication Rates and disability scorEs

Rehabilitation | Surgery | Exercise | Elderly | Older Patients | Frailty | Elective Surgery

Strategies and treatments to decrease the risks faced by older people with frailty having surgery are urgently needed but have not been widely developed or studied. The strongest findings suggest that exercise before surgery may improve older people’s ability to walk and stand after surgery and lower rates of complications.

We propose to study a home-based exercise program compared to usual care. Using a randomized trial design performed across fourteen different hospitals, we will evaluate whether participating in this home-based exercise program, which we already know can be performed by older people with frailty, leads to lower levels of patient-reported disability and complication rates after surgery.

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Participation Requirements

  • Sex:

    Any

  • Eligible Ages:

    60 and up

Participation Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:
Greater than or equal to 60 years of age, scheduled or on the pathway for elective surgery with an expected length of stay of 2 days or more, a Clinical Frailty Scale score of greater than or equal to 4, surgery date between 3 and 12 weeks from enrollment.
Exclusion Criteria:
Unable to communicate in English/French, unreachable by telephone, palliative surgery, cardiac, neurological or orthopedic procedures.

Study Location

University of Alberta
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta
Canada

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Study Sponsored By
University of Alberta
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Study ID: Pro00104713