Ignite Creation Date:
2024-05-06 @ 8:18 PM
Last Modification Date:
2024-10-26 @ 3:25 PM
Study NCT ID:
NCT06337682
Status:
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Last Update Posted:
2024-03-29
First Post:
2024-03-14
Brief Title:
Blood Pressure Management in the Care Home Population
Sponsor:
University of Leeds
Organization:
University of Leeds
Study Overview
Official Title:
Describing the Management of Hypertension in a UK Care Home Population
Status:
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Status Verified Date:
2024-03
Last Known Status:
None
Delayed Posting:
No
If Stopped, Why?:
Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access:
False
If Expanded Access, NCT#:
N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status:
N/A
Acronym:
BPITCH
Brief Summary:
The UK care home population is projected to increase significantly over the coming decades A high proportion of individuals in a care home have multiple long-term conditions and take large amounts of prescribed medication This means they are routinely excluded from research studies and so there is little evidence on which to base treatment of long-term conditions such as high blood pressure Furthermore given that 1 in 4 people admitted into a care home die within 1 year the benefit of treating high blood pressure to reduce the risk of heart attack or stroke must be balanced with the need to optimise quality of life The aim of this study is to describe the health and social characteristics of the UK care home population with a particular focus on the management of blood pressure in the population It is hoped that the findings of this study will help inform future research into the management of chronic conditions in care home residents
Detailed Description:
The investigators will use the connected Bradford dataset to examine UK electronic health records to describe the UK care home population and management of hypertension in this population The sample will include all adults aged 65 and over who have been admitted into a care home between January 2016 and December 2019 The investigators will extract data at the time of care home admission including age sex ethnicity coded diagnosis of hypertension indices of frailty and risk of falls as well as comorbidities relevant to cardiovascular risk and falls risk Analysis will include looking at the prevalence of hypertension amongst the care home population describing treatment patterns ie number and type of prescribed anti-hypertensive medications frequency of blood pressure monitoring and the proportion of patients with blood pressure controlled according to National Institute of Health and Care Excellence NICE guidelines The investigators will also look to establish whether there are any changes in the number and type of prescribed antihypertensive medication before and after admission to a care home ie intensification of pharmacological therapy or deprescribing and whether this differs amongst different subgroups of populations including patients with terminal illness and stroke diagnosis The investigators will also estimate frequency of falls in the year following care home admission
Study Oversight
Has Oversight DMC:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?:
False
Is a FDA Regulated Device?:
False
Is an Unapproved Device?:
None
Is a PPSD?:
None
Is a US Export?:
None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?:
None