Orthostatic Hypotension in Elderly Nursing Home Residents
- 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
- nursing home resident
- 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
Name Time Method Orthostatic hypotension Baseline 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 rehabilitation After 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
Name Time Method All-cause and Cardiovascular mortality Date of death Quality of life Measured at baseline and after 1 year Quality of life is measured using the RAND-36 questionnaire.
Fall incidents After 5 years
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Nursing home TriviumMeulenbeltZorg, location Borsthuis
🇳🇱Hengelo, Netherlands
Nursing home TriviumMeulenbeltZorg, location Borsthuis🇳🇱Hengelo, Netherlands