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Can Frailty Inform the Management of Hypertension in Older People?
Lead Sponsor:
University of Leeds
Collaborating Sponsors:
Swansea University
University of Oxford
Conditions:
Hypertension
Frailty
Eligibility:
All Genders
65+ years
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study was to investigate in large scale routine primary care data whether frailty is a prognostic factor for relevant outcomes in the management of hypertension in older people and...
Detailed Description
A retrospective cohort study used linked electronic health records from the Welsh Secure Anonymised Information Linkage (SAIL) databank. All patients had hypertension in the absence of established car...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patient registered with a general practitioner contributing to SAIL database for at least 1 year
- Patient with blood pressure measured and recorded at any time after 1st January 2007 and before 1st January 2008, was used as the individual's index start date.
- Patient aged 65 years or older at the time of study entry.
Exclusion
- Patient did not have a diagnosis of hypertension or did not have blood pressure meeting criteria for hypertension;
- Patient had an established history of cardiovascular disease (previous stroke, heart failure or myocardial infarction) prior to the start date.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2007
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
January 1 2021
Estimated Enrollment :
145598 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04662203
Start Date
October 1 2007
End Date
January 1 2021
Last Update
December 10 2020
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