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Prevalence, diagnosis and management of heart failure in nursing home residents

Completed
Conditions
heart failure
10019280
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
NameTimeMethod
<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
NameTimeMethod
<p>not applicable</p><br>
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