Triage of reduced exercise tolerance in frail elderly

Completed

• Conditions: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; COPD; Decompensatio cordis; Heart Failure; 10019280; 10006436

• Registration Number: NL-OMON34796
• Lead Sponsor: niversitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Last Update Posted: 6 May 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 800

Inclusion Criteria

Frial elderly (men or women) aged over 65 years
Frial means:
- Use of 5 or more different types of medical drugs chronically in the last year, and/or
- Have 3 or more chronic or vitality threatening disease (such as diabetes mellitus, COPD, impaired vision, heart failure, hard hearingness)

Exclusion Criteria

Patients with both COPD (according to the GOLD-criteria) AND heart failure (according to the cardiologist established with echocardiography)

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational invasive
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Prevalence of latent heart failure and COPD.<br /><br>Difference in prevalence of latent heart failure and COPD between both groups.</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Differences in functionality and quality of life after 6 months between both<br /><br>groups.<br /><br>Cost-effectiveness and experienced patient burden of the diagnostic triage<br /><br>strategy.</p><br>