The effects and costs of cranberry use to prevent symptomatic urinary tract infections in nursing home residents.

Completed

• Conditions: Inflammation of the bladder; cystitis; 10004018; 10046590

• Registration Number: NL-OMON31677
• Lead Sponsor: eids Universitair Medisch Centrum

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Last Update Posted: 13 May 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 1000

Inclusion Criteria

Age >= 65 years
Life expectancy > 1 month

Exclusion Criteria

coumarine users
acute illness

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>•Effects study: time to first symptomatic UTI, number of symptomatic UTIs per<br /><br>included resident, quality of life, care dependency, compliance, side effects,<br /><br>medical consumption, resistance patterns of etiologic microbial agents, and<br /><br>costs.<br /><br>•The economic evaluation will include a cost-effectiveness analysis (costs per<br /><br>prevented UTI) and a cost-utility analysis (costs per QALY).</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>N/A</p><br>