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NCT Number: NCT01362751

Orthostatic Hypotension in Elderly Nursing Home Residents

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Orthostatic Hypotension Autonomic Nervous System Diseases Cardiovascular Diseases Hypotension Hypotension, Orthostatic Nervous System Diseases Orthostatic Intolerance Primary Dysautonomias Vascular Diseases

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Nursing home TriviumMeulenbeltZorg, location Borsthuis

Hengelo, Netherlands

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • nursing home resident

Exclusion criteria

  • patients at the palliative department
  • life expectancy < 4 weeks
  • patients only temporarily admitted to the nursing home

Treatment and study plan

No intervention

Other

This study is an observational cohort study > no interventions

Primary outcomes

  1. Orthostatic hypotension

    Time frame: 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

  2. Successful rehabilitation

    Time frame: 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 outcomes

  1. All-cause and Cardiovascular mortality

    Time frame: Date of death

  2. Quality of life

    Time frame: Measured at baseline and after 1 year

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

  3. Fall incidents

    Time frame: After 5 years

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Medical Research Foundation, The Netherlands

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2010
Primary completion
2012
Study completion
2012
First posted
May 30, 2011
Registry last updated
Sep 5, 2012

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