Cardiac Screening of Middle Aged and Older Women and Men (Master Athletes) (MASTERSCREEN)

LHL Helse

Status: Completed

Conditions: Heart Disease

Treatments: Other: Questionnaire

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02923518

2016/21007

Details and patient eligibility

About

In 2010 there was published new European recommendations for assessment of adult and elderly men and women, who want to start with physical activity and/or participate in endurance contests. In this study we want to test if a group of people with positive score on a self-reported questionnaire and/or high-risk score in a risk scoring system (NORRISK) have more undetected heart diseases than a control group with no reported or detected risk factors.

Full description

Forty senior athletes between 35 to approximately 80 yrs old with a positive score will be included in one group, and another forty seniors without positive score in a control group. Each of them will be tested with an cardiorespiratory exercise test (CPET) with ECG and examined with echocardiography together with an usual medical examination and blood tests (cholesterol and HbA1c-glucose). Some with symptoms of arrhythmias will be examined by 24-hours Holter-monitoring.

The main purpose of the study is to assess if men and women with a positive score on the questionnaire og NORRISK-screening (risk calculator for coronary heart disease) have more detectable heart diseases than the control group.

Enrollment: 86 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 35 to 85 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

> 35 yrs old Master athletes Positive score on symptom based questionnaire or high risk score No known heart disease Participated in long-term endurance competitions

Exclusion criteria

< 35 yrs old Known heart disease

Trial design

86 participants in 2 patient groups

Inclusion group

Description:

Inclusion group: Those with a positive score in a questionnaire including symptoms and family history and/or high risk-score in the NORRISK-score system.

Treatment:

Other: Questionnaire

Control group

Description:

Those without a positive score on the two scores listed above.

Treatment:

Other: Questionnaire