Prevalence, diagnosis and management of heart failure in nursing home residents
Completed
- Conditions
- heart failure10019280
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON34256
- Lead Sponsor
- niversiteit Maastricht
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 1000
Inclusion Criteria
nursing home residents aged over 65 years and staying on somatic or psychogeriatric wards.
Exclusion Criteria
residents who receive palliative care and residents admitted for short-time rehabilitation ( staying < 2 months).
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>* The prevalence of heart failure in Dutch Nursing homes<br /><br>* The predictive value to diagnose heart failure in a nursing home without<br /><br>using echocardiography as golden standard<br /><br>* The current treatment of heart failure in nursing homes compared to national<br /><br>guidelines<br /><br>* The care dependency and quality of life of nursing home residents with heart<br /><br>failure compared to them with no heart failure,<br /><br>* Insight in the course of heart failure after one year follow-up with the<br /><br>outcomes: heart failure events, hospital admissions for heart failure and<br /><br>mortality.</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>not applicable</p><br>