Echocardiography in Nursing Home
Implementation and Effectiveness of Screening Echocardiography Performed in Nursing Home: ECHOGER
Nantes University Hospital
1,050 participants
Oct 2, 2024
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
The study seeks to explore the implementation characteristics (acceptability, appropriateness, feasibility, adoption, fidelity, penetration, implementation cost and sustainability) of systematic echocardiography in nursing homes and its impact on rates of heart failure flare-up and unscheduled hospitalization at 12 months among included nursing homes.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria1
- Nursing homes residents with a life-expectancy estimated \> 1 year, and able to participate to the study, giving an oral consent
Exclusion Criteria5
- no accessible to echocardiography
- closed unit (severe Alzheimer disease…)
- recent contagious disease such Covid (\<15 days)
- no consent to participate
- no social security number
Interventions
An ultrasound will be carried out in the EHPAD, the result of which will be interpreted by a cardiologist then sent to the establishment and the attending physician with instructions to follow.
Locations(1)
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NCT06445231