The effects and costs of cranberry use to prevent symptomatic urinary tract intections in nursing home residents.
- Conditions
- rinary tract infection (Urineweginfectie)
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON28073
- Lead Sponsor
- eiden University Medical Center (LUMC), Dept. Public Health and Primary Care.
- Brief Summary
/A
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 1000
Inclusion Criteria
1. Age >= 65 jaar
2. Life expectancy > 1 month
Exclusion Criteria
1. Coumarine users
2. Acute illness
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Time to first symtomatic UTI <br /><br>2. number of symptomatic UITs per included resident<br /><br>3. Quality of life (EQ-5D)<br /><br>4. Care dependency (Care dependency scale)<br /><br>5. Resistence patterns of microbial agents<br /><br>6. Compliance<br /><br>7. Side effects<br /><br>8. Economic evaluation: cost effectivity analysis (cost per prevented UTI) and cost-utility analysis (costs per QUALY)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method