Strategy to recognize and initiate treatment of chronic heart failure (STRETCH).
- Conditions
- Heart failure
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON20397
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity Medical Center Utrecht (UMCU)
- Brief Summary
/A
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 1500
Inclusion Criteria
1. Age 65 years or over;
2. Shortness of breath as reason for GP contact in the previous 12 months.
Exclusion Criteria
1. Already established heart failure, that is a diagnosis of heart failure confirmed by the cardiologist with echocardiography;
2. A life expectancy shorter than 6 months;
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The primary outcome of the diagnostic part of our combined diagnostic-therapeutic strategy is:<br /><br>1. Prevalence of 'systolic' and 'diastolic' heart failure in elderly who presented to the general practitioner with shortness of breath on exertion.<br><br /><br /><br>The primary outcomes of the therapeutic part of our combined diagnostic-therapeutic strategy are:<br /><br>1. Differences in prescription of ACE-inhibitors and beta-blockers between the intervention and control group after 6 months follow-up;<br /><br>2. Differences in quality of life between patients in the two groups after 6 months follow-up.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Differences in heart failure related doctor-appointments and hospitalization rates between the intervention and control group during 6 months follow-up;<br /><br>2. Cost-effectiveness of the implemented diagnostic-therapeutic strategy.