Urinary Tract Infections in Older Persons Admitted to a Psychogeriatric Ward (UTI_UCP)

Catholic University (KU) of Leuven

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Urinary Tract Infections

Treatments: Device: Diagnostic tests

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02368847

UTI_UCP

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 120 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Older (65+ years) persons admitted to a gerontopsychiatric ward

Exclusion criteria

• Patients not understanding Dutch or not willing to participate (no informed consent)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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120 participants in 1 patient group

Diagnostic tests

Other group

Description:

For any patient with a suspected urinary tract infection during the course of the study a basic questionnaire will have to be filled out and diagnostic tests (urine sample for culture, dipstick assay for the detection of nitrites and leukocyte- esterase and a POC CRP test) will have to be perform.

Treatment:

Device: Diagnostic tests

Device: Diagnostic tests