The potential benefit of air purifiers in the rooms of residents in Australian Aged Care Facilities

Not Applicable

Completed

Conditions: Infection - Studies of infection and infectious agents
Acute Respiratory Infections
Respiratory - Other respiratory disorders / diseases

Registration Number: ACTRN12623000347662

Lead Sponsor: niversity of Newcastle

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Completed

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 135

Inclusion Criteria

At the time of project commencement; the participants must:
obe a permanent resident of an Australian Residential Aged Care Facility enrolled in the study,
oreside in a private room (i.e., not a shared room).
onot be on palliative Trajectory-C comfort care.

Exclusion Criteria

At the time of project commencement, particpants:
oare respite residents.
oreside in shared rooms,
oare on palliative Trajectory-C comfort care,
oare unable to provide consent and require public guardian approval.

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Any change in the occurrence of acute respiratory infections (ARI) in which case ARI is defined as the sudden/acute onset of at least one of the following four respiratory symptoms: <br>ocough<br>osore throat<br>oshortness of breath<br>ocoryza<br>AND<br>oa clinician’s judgment that the illness is due to an infection <br>The outcome will be assessed by a review of medical records including laboratory records. The confirmed infection will be determined by nasal or oral swab results.[ The effectiveness of treatment will be assessed by comparing the proportion of infections over the two cross-over study periods. the incidence of respiratory infections will be assessed monthly.]

Secondary Outcome Measures