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Orthostatic Hypotension in Elderly Nursing Home Residents

Completed
Conditions
Orthostatic Hypotension
Registration Number
NCT01362751
Lead Sponsor
Medical Research Foundation, The Netherlands
Brief Summary

In this study the investigators aimed

1. to investigate the prevalence of orthostatic hypotension in elderly nursing home residents.

2. to investigate whether the presence of orthostatic hypotension influences the chance of successful rehabilitation.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
290
Inclusion Criteria
  • nursing home resident
Exclusion Criteria
  • patients at the palliative department
  • life expectancy < 4 weeks
  • patients only temporarily admitted to the nursing home

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Orthostatic hypotensionBaseline

Orthostatic hypotension is defined by consensus as a fall in blood pressure of at least 20 mmHg systolic or 10 mmHg diastolic within 3 minutes in the upright position

Successful rehabilitationAfter 5 years

Successful rehabilitation is defined as whether the patient is able to return to his/her home or another location (but not a nursing home) after discharge from the nursing home. Unsuccessful rehabilitations implies that the patients becomes a long-stay nursing home resident.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
All-cause and Cardiovascular mortalityDate of death
Quality of lifeMeasured at baseline and after 1 year

Quality of life is measured using the RAND-36 questionnaire.

Fall incidentsAfter 5 years

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Nursing home TriviumMeulenbeltZorg, location Borsthuis

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Hengelo, Netherlands

Nursing home TriviumMeulenbeltZorg, location Borsthuis
🇳🇱Hengelo, Netherlands

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