Aortic Abdominal Aneurysm Pilot Screening Programme
- Conditions
- Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
- Interventions
- Diagnostic Test: ABDOMINAL DUPLEX ULTRASONOGRAPHY
- Registration Number
- NCT03616613
- Lead Sponsor
- Fundació Institut de Recerca de l'Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau
- Brief Summary
Populational abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) pilot screening programme performed by duplex ultrasonography in population born in 1952 in health areas depending from Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau in Barcelona. Descriptive data analysis and cost-effectiveness study will be performed.
- Detailed Description
Populational abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) pilot screening programme performed by duplex ultrasonography in population born in 1952 in areas depending from Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau in Barcelona. Ultrasonography evaluations will be performed in primary health centers by previously trained doctors according to study protocol and AAA management will be according to United Kingdom's National Health Service screening model. A descriptive analysis will be performed to estimate local population prevalence of AAA in both men and women in order to create the basis for a future state AAA screening programme. A cost-effectiveness analysis will be performed in order to assess optimal screening strategies in our population.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 2194
- All men in our area's population census and an aleatory sample of women born in 1952 living in Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau area.
- Previously detected or operated AAA
- Fragile patients not eligible for AAA repair if needed
- Dead people when contacted
- Eligible people refusing to participate
- Eligible people failed to be contacted twice by our department
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Men ABDOMINAL DUPLEX ULTRASONOGRAPHY Men born in 1952 in Barcelona in health areas depending from Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau. Women ABDOMINAL DUPLEX ULTRASONOGRAPHY Aleatory sample of women born in 1952 in Barcelona in health areas depending from Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Abdominal aortic measurement Days (only one day measurement is performed) Ultrasound infrarrenal aortic diameter measurement in mm
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Smoking habits 1 day Defined by current smoker, former smoker (more than one year without smoking) or non smoker
Surgical intervention if needed 1 day Registry of kind of intervention and date of intervention
Family AAA history 1 day First or second degree relatives with AAA, or no family AAA history
Personal Cardiovascular Risk Factors 1 day Coronary disease, neurovascular disease, peripheral arterial disease or diabetes mellitus
Weight 1 day measures in kg
Abdominal perimeter 1 day measures in cm
Goldberg questionnaire 1 day Complete goldberg anxiety and depression questionnaire. It consists of 12 questions and 5 posible answers for each question, and each answer is rated with 1 to 5 points. Total score above 9 indicates risk of depression.
EuroQOL 5 score 1 day EuroQOL 5 quality of life evaluation questionnaire. It consistis of 5 questions with 3 posible answers for each question, and a visual analogical scale for self health perception. Each combination of answers indicates a pattern of health status that can be rated.
Dislipidaemia 1 day Altered lipid parameters in blood analysis
Arterial Hypertension 1 day Arterial hypertension under medical treatment
Height 1 day measures in cm