Clinical Trial: Orthostatic Hypotension in Elderly Nursing Home Residents
Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Observational
Official Title:
Brief Summary:
In this study the investigators aimed
- to investigate the prevalence of orthostatic hypotension in elderly nursing home residents.
- to investigate whether the presence of orthostatic hypotension influences the chance of successful rehabilitation.
Detailed Summary:
Sponsor: Medical Research Foundation, The Netherlands
Current Primary Outcome:
- 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
- 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.
Original Primary Outcome: Same as current
Current Secondary Outcome:
- All-cause and Cardiovascular mortality [ Time Frame: Date of death ]
- Quality of life [ Time Frame: Measured at baseline and after 1 year ]Quality of life is measured using the RAND-36 questionnaire.
- Fall incidents [ Time Frame: After 5 years ]
Original Secondary Outcome: Same as current
Information By: Medical Research Foundation, The Netherlands
Dates:
Date Received: October 7, 2010
Date Started: October 2010
Date Completion:
Last Updated: September 2, 2012
Last Verified: September 2012
