Trials / Unknown
UnknownNCT02368847
Urinary Tract Infections in Older Persons Admitted to a Psychogeriatric Ward
Optimizing and Validating the Clinical Algorithm for Diagnosing Urinary Tract Infections in Older Persons Admitted to a Psychogeriatric Ward
- Status
- Unknown
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 120 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- KU Leuven · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 65 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
Urinary tract infections are one of the most common types of infections in older persons. The general aim of this study is to improve the epidemiological knowledge and develop a better diagnostic algorithm for urinary tract infections in older institutionalized individuals in order to reduce excessive prescribing of antibiotics and prevent antimicrobial resistance.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DEVICE | Diagnostic tests | C Reactive Protein (CRP) measurement on capillary blood using a point-of-care test to determine C Reactive Protein level in the blood |
| DEVICE | Diagnostic tests | Uricult dipslide: Easy-to-perform bacterial culture test for dectecting urinary tract infections in point of care settings |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2015-03-01
- Primary completion
- 2015-08-01
- Completion
- 2015-12-01
- First posted
- 2015-02-23
- Last updated
- 2015-02-23
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02368847. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.