lab 1: aging and frailty

PRE LAB QUESTIONS

what was the purpose of the aging and frailty lab?

to stimulate aging using frailty equipment

what is frailty?

when an individual is less able to recover from a stressor event

what causes frailty?

• prevalence increases with age - but not old people are frail

• the frailty in older individuals is due to the decline in multiple physiological systems

how is frailty measured?

• 67 different ways

• two main ways:

  • frailty phenotype - the presence of 3 or more symptoms

  • frailty index: symptoms are measure on a scale

LAB PART 1: Physical frailty tests - short performance physicals battery

what is the purpose part 1?

to stimulate the physical symptoms of frailty associated with aging

what activities will be completed in part 1?

SPBB test twice, first with without the aging equipment and the second time with the aging equipment

what does the SPBB test consist of?

1. romberg balance test

2. gait speed test

3. chair test

what materials are used in part 1 of the lab?

• knee pads

• over shoes

• back brace

• headphones

• simulation glasses

• simulation googles

• chair

• 4 meter path

• stopwatch

what was the purpose of the knee brace and back brace?

to stimulate restricted range of motion - potentially affecting how people did in balance test and gait speed

what was the purpose of the overshoes?

they had an uneven surface to affect balance

what purpose of glasses?

they were scratched to stimulate cataracts

what was the purpose of the googles?

the were used to stimulate glaucoma

what was the purpose of the headphones that played music?

to stimulate tinnitus

LAB PART 2

what was the purpose of lab part 2: mini mental state exam (MMSE)

to stimulate the neurological/cognitive symptoms of frailty associated with aging

what activities were completed in lab part 2

1. orientation

2. registration

3. attention and calculation

4. recall

5. language

what was the max score in tge test?

30 however 23 or lower would indicate some level of cognitive impairment

what equipment was used in lab part 2

• gloves

• cotton balls

• googles

• glasses

what was the purpose of the gloves?

to impact dextarity

what was the purpose of the cotton balls?

to muffle hearing

what was the purpose of the glasses?

to stimulate cataracts

what was the purpose of goggles

to stimulate glaucoma

what protocals were taken in lab part 2?

1. in pairs

2. one acts as interviewer and ones acts as patient (patient wears the stimulation equipment)

3. then the interviewer will ask the questions

4. complete the MMSE

5. switch rolls