Abdominal aortic aneurysm screening by ultrasonography in primary care
- Conditions
- Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA)Circulatory SystemAbdominal aortic aneurysm, without mention of rupture
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN10945166
- Lead Sponsor
- EOXI Vigo
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Male
- Target Recruitment
- 3348
The setting will be the Integrated Management Area of Vigo, which has 583,124 habitants, 23 PC departments and 42 health centres. 21 family doctors (FD) belonging to 14 PC departments in the Vigo area, trained in abdominal ultrasonography and with ultrasound equipment at their health centre, will form the research team’s clinical group. The availability of ultrasound equipment in the centres is part of the portfolio of primary care services of the Vigo area (equipment that is currently available in 11 of the 23 PC departments) and was selected based on the specific training in ultrasonography of any of the family doctors of this centre and their availability to undertake this activity for the whole team.
Intervention cohort:
1. Men aged 65 to 74 years The participating patients will sign the informed consent to participate in the study. Patients who choose not to participate or who do not sign the informed consent will be considered losses. The exclusion criteria refer exclusively to age and sex, bedridden/immobilised patients or those with a previously diagnosed aneurysm.
2. The control cohort will consist of patients of the same sex and age belonging to the remaining quotas of the Vigo area. The patients’ data will be extracted anonymously from the administrative databases of SERGAS and therefore do not require informed consent.
1. Women
2. <65 or >74
3. Terminally ill
4. Immobilized
5. Previous AAA diagnosed or repaired.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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