RECRUITINGINTERVENTIONAL
Echocardiography in Nursing Home
Implementation and Effectiveness of Screening Echocardiography Performed in Nursing Home: ECHOGER
About This Trial
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.
Who May Be Eligible (Plain English)
Inclusion Criteria :
Nursing homes residents with a life-expectancy estimated \> 1 year, and able to participate to the study, giving an oral consent
Exclusion Criteria :
- no accessible to echocardiography
- closed unit (severe Alzheimer disease…)
- recent contagious disease such Covid (\<15 days)
- no consent to participate
- no social security number
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Original Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria :
Nursing homes residents with a life-expectancy estimated \> 1 year, and able to participate to the study, giving an oral consent
Exclusion Criteria :
* no accessible to echocardiography
* closed unit (severe Alzheimer disease…)
* recent contagious disease such Covid (\<15 days)
* no consent to participate
* no social security number
Treatments Being Tested
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST
Implementation of echocardiography in nursing homes
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)
Nantes University Hospital
Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France