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Triage of Reduced Exercise Tolerance in Frail Elderly (TREE).

Recruiting
Conditions
Heart failureChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseCOPDHartfalenChronisch obstructive longziekte
Registration Number
NL-OMON21050
Lead Sponsor
MC Utrecht
Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
800
Inclusion Criteria

1. Patients aged 65 years and older;

2. Must have a minimum of three chronic or vitality threatening diseases and/or use five or more medical drugs chronically in the last year;

Exclusion Criteria

1. Patients with both confirmed COPD and heart failure (lungfunction test performed < 1 year ago and heart failure confirmed by echocardiography);

2. Patients unable or unwilling to sign informed consent.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
1. Prevalence of latent heart failure and COPD;<br /><br>2. Difference in prevalence of latent heart failure and COPD between both groups.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
(Cost-)effectiveness of the diagnostic triage strategy.
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