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Brief Title: Screening for Vulnerability in the Elderly Supported at the Oscar Lambret Centre
Official Title: Screening for Vulnerability in the Elderly Supported at the Oscar Lambret Centre
Study ID: NCT01415258
Brief Summary: The objective of this study is to uncover the prevalence of vulnerability among patients aged ≥ 70 coming to the medical oncology division of the Oscar Lambret Centre, according to the short screening test Vulnerable Elders Survey 13 (VES-13). The objective is to better understand the value of routine screening of patients before the consultation, it was proposed as a secondary objective of this study to assess the correlation between the identification of the vulnerability in the screening test VES-13 and the identification made by the clinician during the consultation. The correlation between VES-13 and opinion of the clinician for three categories of patients (self - intermediate - fragile) will also be studied.
Detailed Description:
Minimum Age: 70 Years
Eligible Ages: OLDER_ADULT
Sex: ALL
Healthy Volunteers: No
Oscar Lambret Anti-Cancer Centre, Lille cedex, , France
Name: Véronique SERVENT, MD
Affiliation: Oscar Lambret Anti-Cancer Centre
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR