Triage of reduced exercise tolerance in frail elderly

Triage of reduced exercise tolerance in frail elderly - TREE

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON34796

Enrollment

800

Registered

2010-05-19

Start date

2010-06-21

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-05-06

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Conditions

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease COPD Decompensatio cordis Heart Failure

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Age

18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Frial elderly (men or women) aged over 65 years Frial means: - Use of 5 or more different types of medical drugs chronically in the last year, and/or - Have 3 or more chronic or vitality threatening disease (such as diabetes mellitus, COPD, impaired vision, heart failure, hard hearingness)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patients with both COPD (according to the GOLD-criteria) AND heart failure (according to the cardiologist established with echocardiography)

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Prevalence of latent heart failure and COPD. Difference in prevalence of latent heart failure and COPD between both groups.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Differences in functionality and quality of life after 6 months between both groups. Cost-effectiveness and experienced patient burden of the diagnostic triage strategy.	—

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results