Orthostatic Hypotension in Elderly Nursing Home Residents

NCT ID: NCT01362751

Last Updated: 2012-09-05

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

290 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2010-10-31

Study Completion Date

2012-03-31

Brief Summary

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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

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Conditions

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Orthostatic Hypotension

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Groups

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Nursing home residents

In this study, patients from both the somatic and the psychogeriatric department are included. For the primary endpoint 'successful rehabilitation' only the patients from the somatic departments are included.

No intervention

Intervention Type OTHER

This study is an observational cohort study \> no interventions

Interventions

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No intervention

This study is an observational cohort study \> no interventions

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* nursing home resident

Exclusion Criteria

* patients at the palliative department
* life expectancy \< 4 weeks
* patients only temporarily admitted to the nursing home
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Medical Research Foundation, The Netherlands

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Kornelis J.J. van Hateren

MD

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Nursing home TriviumMeulenbeltZorg, location Borsthuis

Hengelo, , Netherlands

Site Status

Countries

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Netherlands

References

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Hartog LC, Cizmar-Sweelssen M, Knipscheer A, Groenier KH, Kleefstra N, Bilo HJ, van Hateren KJ. The association between orthostatic hypotension, falling and successful rehabilitation in a nursing home population. Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2015 Sep-Oct;61(2):190-6. doi: 10.1016/j.archger.2015.05.005. Epub 2015 May 18.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 26026216 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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OH_TMZ_2010

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id