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Wirth R, Verdon J, Frohnhofen H, Djukic M, Meisel M, Musolf M, Zinke A, Heppner HJ, Jamour M, Denkinger M, Trampisch US. Characterization of patients admitted to specialized geriatric acute care hospital units with the German version of the Standardized Evaluation and Intervention for Seniors at Risk (SEISAR) screening-instrument: a cross-sectional study. BMC Geriatr 2023; 23:613. [PMID: 37775729 PMCID: PMC10542688 DOI: 10.1186/s12877-023-04338-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2023] [Accepted: 09/21/2023] [Indexed: 10/01/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The Standardized Evaluation and Intervention for Seniors at Risk (SEISAR) screening tool records major geriatric problems, originally applied in the emergency department. Particularly, the distinction of compensated and uncompensated problems is an interesting and new approach. Therefore, we translated the SEISAR in German language and used it to characterize patients in specialized geriatric hospital wards in Germany and to gather initial experience regarding its usability and practicability. METHODS The tool was translated by three independent specialists in geriatric medicine and backtranslated for quality-assurance by a non-medical English native speaker. In a second step, 8 acute care geriatric hospital departments used the translated version to characterize all consecutive patients admitted over a period of one month between December 2019 and May 2020 at time of admission. RESULTS Most of the 756 patients (78%) lived in an own apartment or house prior to hospital admission. Participants had on average 4 compensated and 6 uncompensated problems, a Barthel-Index of 40 pts. on admission with a median increase of 15 points during hospital stay, and a median length of stay of 16 days in the geriatric hospital department. CONCLUSION SEISAR is an interesting standardized brief comprehensive geriatric assessment tool for the identification of compensated and uncompensated health problems in older persons. The data of this study highlights the number, variability, and complexity of geriatric problems in patients treated in specialized acute care geriatric hospital wards in Germany. TRIAL REGISTRATION German Clinical trial register (DRKS-ID: DRKS00031354 on 27.02.2023).
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- Rainer Wirth
- Department of Geriatric Medicine, Marien Hospital Herne, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Herne, Germany
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- McGill University Health Center, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Orthopedics and Traumasurgery, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Department of Health, University Witten-Herdecke, Witten, Germany
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- Department of Geriatric Medicine, Evangelisches Krankenhaus Göttingen-Weende, Göttingen, Germany
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- MEDICLIN Heart-Center, Coswig, Germany
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- Department of Geriatric Medicine, Ev. Amalie Sieveking-Krankenhaus, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Geriatric Medicine, St. Marien- und St. Annastiftskrankenhaus, Ludwigshafen, Germany
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- Department of Geriatric Medicine, Klinikum Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
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- Department of Internal and Geriatric Medicine, Alb-Donau-Klinikum, Ehingen, Germany
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- Geriatric Centre Ulm, Agaplesion Bethesda Clinic, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Geriatric Medicine, Marien Hospital Herne, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Herne, Germany.
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Rieckert A, Reeves D, Altiner A, Drewelow E, Esmail A, Flamm M, Hann M, Johansson T, Klaassen-Mielke R, Kunnamo I, Löffler C, Piccoliori G, Sommerauer C, Trampisch US, Vögele A, Woodham A, Sönnichsen A. Use of an electronic decision support tool to reduce polypharmacy in elderly people with chronic diseases: cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ 2020; 369:m1822. [PMID: 32554566 PMCID: PMC7301164 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.m1822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effects of a computerised decision support tool for comprehensive drug review in elderly people with polypharmacy. DESIGN Pragmatic, multicentre, cluster randomised controlled trial. SETTING 359 general practices in Austria, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom. PARTICIPANTS 3904 adults aged 75 years and older using eight or more drugs on a regular basis, recruited by their general practitioner. INTERVENTION A newly developed electronic decision support tool comprising a comprehensive drug review to support general practitioners in deprescribing potentially inappropriate and non-evidence based drugs. Doctors were randomly allocated to either the electronic decision support tool or to provide treatment as usual. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES The primary outcome was the composite of unplanned hospital admission or death by 24 months. The key secondary outcome was reduction in the number of drugs. RESULTS 3904 adults were enrolled between January and October 2015. 181 practices and 1953 participants were assigned to electronic decision support (intervention group) and 178 practices and 1951 participants to treatment as usual (control group). The primary outcome (composite of unplanned hospital admission or death by 24 months) occurred in 871 (44.6%) participants in the intervention group and 944 (48.4%) in the control group. In an intention-to-treat analysis the odds ratio of the composite outcome was 0.88 (95% confidence interval 0.73 to 1.07; P=0.19, 997 of 1953 v 1055 of 1951). In an analysis restricted to participants attending practice according to protocol, a difference was found favouring the intervention (odds ratio 0.82, 95% confidence interval 0.68 to 0.98; 774 of 1682 v 873 of 1712, P=0.03). By 24 months the number of prescribed drugs had decreased in the intervention group compared with control group (uncontrolled mean change -0.42 v 0.06: adjusted mean difference -0.45, 95% confidence interval -0.63 to -0.26; P<0.001). CONCLUSIONS In intention-to-treat analysis, a computerised decision support tool for comprehensive drug review of elderly people with polypharmacy showed no conclusive effects on the composite of unplanned hospital admission or death by 24 months. Nonetheless, a reduction in drugs was achieved without detriment to patient outcomes. TRIAL REGISTRATION Current Controlled Trials ISRCTN10137559.
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- Anja Rieckert
- Institute of General Practice and Family Medicine, Witten/Herdecke University, Alfred-Herrhausen-Strasse 50, 58448 Witten, Germany
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- National Institute for Health Research School for Primary Care Research, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester, UK
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- Institute of General Practice, Rostock University Medical Center, Rostock, Germany
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- Institute of General Practice, Rostock University Medical Center, Rostock, Germany
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- National Institute for Health Research School for Primary Care Research, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester, UK
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- Institute of General Practice, Family Medicine and Preventive Medicine, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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- Centre for Biostatistics, School for Health Sciences, University of Manchester, UK
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- Institute of General Practice, Family Medicine and Preventive Medicine, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
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- Institute of General Practice, Rostock University Medical Center, Rostock, Germany
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- Institute of General Practice and Family Medicine, Witten/Herdecke University, Alfred-Herrhausen-Strasse 50, 58448 Witten, Germany
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- Institute of General Practice and Family Medicine, Witten/Herdecke University, Alfred-Herrhausen-Strasse 50, 58448 Witten, Germany
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- Institute for Mountain Emergency Medicine, Eurac Research, Bolzano, Italy
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- National Institute for Health Research School for Primary Care Research, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester, UK
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- National Institute for Health Research School for Primary Care Research, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester, UK
- Department of General Practice and Family Medicine, Center of Public Health, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Rieckert A, Trampisch US, Klaaßen-Mielke R, Drewelow E, Esmail A, Johansson T, Keller S, Kunnamo I, Löffler C, Mäkinen J, Piccoliori G, Vögele A, Sönnichsen A. Polypharmacy in older patients with chronic diseases: a cross-sectional analysis of factors associated with excessive polypharmacy. BMC Fam Pract 2018; 19:113. [PMID: 30021528 PMCID: PMC6052592 DOI: 10.1186/s12875-018-0795-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2018] [Accepted: 06/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND Polypharmacy is common in older people and associated with potential harms. The aim of this study was to analyse the characteristics of an older multimorbid population with polypharmacy and to identify factors contributing to excessive polypharmacy in these patients. METHODS This cross-sectional analysis is based on the PRIMA-eDS trial, a large randomised controlled multicentre study of polypharmacy in primary care. Patients' baseline data were used for analysis. A number of socioeconomic and medical data as well as SF-12-scores were entered into a generalized linear mixed model to identify variables associated with excessive polypharmacy (taking ≥10 substances daily). RESULTS Three thousand nine hundred four participants were recruited. Risk factors significantly associated with excessive polypharmacy were frailty (OR 1.45; 95% CI 1.22-1.71), > 8 diagnoses (OR 2.64; 95% CI 2.24-3.11), BMI ≥30 (OR 1.18; 95% CI 1.02-1.38), a lower SF-12 physical health composite score (OR 1.47; 95% CI 1.26-1.72), and a lower SF-12 mental health composite score (OR 1.33; 95% CI 1.17-1.59) than the median of the study population (≤36.6 and ≤ 48.7, respectively). Age ≥ 85 years (OR 0.83; 95% CI 0.70-0.99) led to a significantly lower risk for excessive polypharmacy. No association with excessive polypharmacy could be found for female sex, low educational level, and smoking. Regarding the study centres, being recruited in the UK led to a significantly higher risk for excessive polypharmacy compared to being recruited in Germany 1/Rostock (OR 1.71; 95% CI 1.27-2.30). Being recruited in Germany 2/Witten led to a slightly significant lower risk for excessive polypharmacy compared to Germany 1/Rostock (OR 0.74; 95% CI 0.56-0.97). CONCLUSIONS Frailty, multimorbidity, obesity, and decreased physical as well as mental health status are risk factors for excessive polypharmacy. Sex, educational level, and smoking apparently do not seem to be related to excessive polypharmacy. Physicians should especially pay attention to their frail, obese patients who have multiple diagnoses and a decreased health-related quality of life, to check carefully whether all the drugs prescribed are evidence-based, safe, and do not interact in an unfavourable way. TRIAL REGISTRATION This trial has been registered with Current Controlled Trials Ltd. on 31 July 2014 (ISRCTN10137559).
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- Anja Rieckert
- Institute of General Practice and Family Medicine, Faculty of Health, Witten/Herdecke University, Alfred-Herrhausen-Str. 50, 58448 Witten, Germany
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- Department of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, Ruhr University, Universitätsstr. 105, 44789 Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, Ruhr University, Universitätsstr. 105, 44789 Bochum, Germany
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- Institute of General Practice, Rostock University Medical Center, Doberaner Str. 142, 18057 Rostock, Germany
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- NIHR School of Primary Care Research, University of Manchester, Oxford Road 176, M13 9PL, Manchester, UK
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- Centre for Primary Care, NIHR School of Primary Care Research, University of Manchester, Oxford Road M13 9PL, Manchester, UK
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- Centre for Primary Care, NIHR School of Primary Care Research, University of Manchester, Oxford Road M13 9PL, Manchester, UK
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- Duodecim Medical Publications Ltd., Kaivokatu 10 A, 00100 Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute of General Practice, Rostock University Medical Center, Doberaner Str. 142, 18057 Rostock, Germany
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- Duodecim Medical Publications Ltd., Kaivokatu 10 A, 00100 Helsinki, Finland
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- South Tyrolean Academy of General Practice, Wangergasse 18, 39100 Bolzano, Italy
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- South Tyrolean Academy of General Practice, Wangergasse 18, 39100 Bolzano, Italy
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- Institute of General Practice and Family Medicine, Faculty of Health, Witten/Herdecke University, Alfred-Herrhausen-Str. 50, 58448 Witten, Germany
- NIHR School of Primary Care Research, University of Manchester, Oxford Road 176, M13 9PL, Manchester, UK
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Krause D, Burghaus I, Thiem U, Trampisch US, Trampisch M, Klaassen-Mielke R, Trampisch HJ, Diehm C, Rudolf H. The risk of peripheral artery disease in older adults - seven-year results of the getABI study. VASA 2016; 45:403-10. [PMID: 27351413 DOI: 10.1024/0301-1526/a000556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND To assess the risk of peripheral artery disease (PAD) in older adults and the contribution of traditional and novel risk factors to the incidence of PAD. PATIENTS AND METHODS 344 general practitioners (GPs), trained by vascular specialists all over Germany, enrolled 6,880 unselected participants aged 65 years or older (getABI study). The onset of PAD was determined by a regression method in the course of repeated measurements of the ankle brachial index (ABI) over seven years. PAD onset was defined by the declining linear regression ABI line reaching 0.9 or by PAD symptoms. RESULTS The cumulative PAD incidence over seven years was 12.9%, corresponding to an incidence rate of 20.3 per 1000 person years (95% confidence interval [95%CI] 18.8 to 21.7). Logistic regression analysis showed that traditional risk factors contributed significantly to the risk of PAD: current smoker status (odds ratio 2.65, 95%CI 2.08 to 3.37), diabetes (1.35, 95%CI 1.13 to 1.62), and low-density lipoprotein >130 mg/dl (1.26, 95%CI 1.07 to 1.48). Three novel risk factor candidates showed significant impact on PAD incidence: elevated sensitive C-reactive protein level (1.23, 95%CI 1.05 to 1.45), impaired estimated glomerular filtration rate (1.27, 95%CI 1.03 to 1.56), and elevated homocysteine level (1.19, 95%CI 1.01 to 1.41). CONCLUSIONS Older adults in Germany have a PAD risk of 12.9% per seven years. Potentially modifiable traditional PAD risk factors yield high impact on PAD incidence. Novel risk factor candidates may contribute to the risk of PAD.
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- Dietmar Krause
- 1 Department of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, Ruhr-University Bochum
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- 1 Department of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, Ruhr-University Bochum
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- 1 Department of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, Ruhr-University Bochum
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- 1 Department of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, Ruhr-University Bochum
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- 1 Department of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, Ruhr-University Bochum
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- 1 Department of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, Ruhr-University Bochum
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- 1 Department of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, Ruhr-University Bochum
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Sönnichsen A, Trampisch US, Rieckert A, Piccoliori G, Vögele A, Flamm M, Johansson T, Esmail A, Reeves D, Löffler C, Höck J, Klaassen-Mielke R, Trampisch HJ, Kunnamo I. Polypharmacy in chronic diseases-Reduction of Inappropriate Medication and Adverse drug events in older populations by electronic Decision Support (PRIMA-eDS): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials 2016; 17:57. [PMID: 26822311 PMCID: PMC5526277 DOI: 10.1186/s13063-016-1177-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2015] [Accepted: 01/15/2016] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Background Multimorbidity is increasing in aging populations with a corresponding increase in polypharmacy as well as inappropriate prescribing. Depending on definitions, 25-50 % of patients aged 75 years or older are exposed to at least five drugs. Evidence is increasing that polypharmacy, even when guidelines advise the prescribing of each drug individually, can potentially cause more harm than benefit to older patients, due to factors such as drug-drug and drug-disease interactions. Several approaches reducing polypharmacy and inappropriate prescribing have been proposed, but evidence showing a benefit of these measures regarding clinically relevant endpoints is scarce. There is an urgent need to implement more effective strategies. We therefore set out to develop an evidence-based electronic decision support (eDS) tool to aid physicians in reducing inappropriate prescribing and test its effectiveness in a large-scale cluster-randomized controlled trial. Methods The “Polypharmacy in chronic diseases–Reduction of Inappropriate Medication and Adverse drug events in older populations” (PRIMA)-eDS tool is a tool comprising an indication check and recommendations for the reduction of polypharmacy and inappropriate prescribing based on systematic reviews and guidelines, the European list of inappropriate medications for older people, the SFINX-database of interactions, the PHARAO-database on adverse effects, and the RENBASE-database on renal dosing. The tool will be evaluated in a cluster-randomized controlled trial involving 325 general practitioners (GPs) and around 3500 patients across five study centres in the United Kingdom, Germany, Austria and Italy. GP practices will be asked to recruit 11 patients aged 75 years or older who are taking at least eight medications and will be cluster-randomized after completion of patient recruitment. Intervention GPs will have access to the PRIMA-eDS tool, while control GPs will treat their patients according to current guidelines (usual care) without access to the PRIMA-eDS tool. After an observation time of 2 years, intervention and control groups will be compared regarding the primary composite endpoint of first non-elective hospitalization or death. Discussion The principal hypothesis is that reduction of polypharmacy and inappropriate prescribing can improve the clinical composite outcome of hospitalization or death. A positive result of the trial will contribute substantially to the improvement of care in multimorbidity. The trial is necessary to investigate not only whether the reduction of polypharmacy improves outcome, but also whether GPs and patients are willing to follow the recommendations of the PRIMA-eDS tool. Trial registration This trial has been registered with Current Controlled Trials Ltd. on 31 July 2014 (ISRCTN10137559). Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13063-016-1177-8) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Andreas Sönnichsen
- Institute of General Practice and Family Medicine, Witten/Herdecke University, Alfred-Herrhausen-Str. 50, 58448, Witten, Germany.
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- Institute of General Practice and Family Medicine, Witten/Herdecke University, Alfred-Herrhausen-Str. 50, 58448, Witten, Germany
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- Institute of General Practice and Family Medicine, Witten/Herdecke University, Alfred-Herrhausen-Str. 50, 58448, Witten, Germany
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- South Tyrolian Academy of General Practice, Bolzano, Italy
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- Institute of General Practice, Family Medicine and Preventive Medicine, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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- Institute of General Practice, Family Medicine and Preventive Medicine, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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- Centre of Primary Care, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Centre of Primary Care, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Institute of General Practice, Rostock University Medical Centre, Rostock, Germany
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- Institute of General Practice, Rostock University Medical Centre, Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany
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Trampisch US, Krause D, Trampisch HJ, Klaassen-Mielke R, Baraliakos X, Braun J. Comparison of the efficacy and safety of two starting dosages of prednisolone in early active rheumatoid arthritis (CORRA): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials 2014; 15:344. [PMID: 25181946 PMCID: PMC4247757 DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-15-344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2014] [Accepted: 08/14/2014] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background Although glucocorticoids are widely used in the treatment of patients with early rheumatoid arthritis, the best dosage of glucocorticoids with regards to efficacy and safety is not known. The aim of the study ‘Comparison of the efficacy and safety of two starting dosages of prednisolone in early active rheumatoid arthritis’ (CORRA) is to compare two standard glucocorticoid starting dosages and the non-use of glucocorticoids in the treatment of patients with early active rheumatoid arthritis on the background of the established ‘anchor’ therapy with methotrexate. Methods/design CORRA is an investigator-initiated, randomized, multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial with two treatment arms, starting with 60 mg or 10 mg prednisolone per day, tapered down to 5 mg prednisolone within eight weeks, and one placebo arm, each arm comprising 150 patients. The duration of the intervention is 12 weeks. In parallel, all patients will be treated with methotrexate (usual dosage 15 mg/week). The primary efficacy endpoint is the progression of radiographic joint damage after one year compared to baseline. Important secondary endpoints are the percentage of patients in remission, patient global assessment of disease activity, and changes of functional capacity. Safety monitoring is performed. The statistical analysis is performed in three hierarchical steps. The first step is an analysis of covariance (α = 0.05) to compare the group with the initial prednisolone dosage of 60 mg and the placebo group. In case of a statistically significant result, the comparison of the group starting with 10 mg prednisolone with the placebo group will be performed as a second step (α = 0.05). In case of superiority of the 10 mg prednisolone group versus the placebo group, the third step will be a non-inferiority test for the 10 mg prednisolone group versus the 60 mg prednisolone group (α = 0.025). Discussion The CORRA trial will yield information concerning the optimal glucocorticoid dosage schedule in the treatment of patients with early rheumatoid arthritis. Trial registration This trial was registered on 19 November 2013 at ClinicalTrials.gov. Registration number: NCT02000336.
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- Department of Medical Informatics, Biometry & Epidemiology, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, D-44801 Bochum, Germany.
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Trampisch US, Platen P, Moschny A, Wilm S, Thiem U, Hinrichs T. [Measurement of physical activity in older adults. Correlation between the PRISCUS-PAQ and accelerometry]. Z Gerontol Geriatr 2012; 45:212-7. [PMID: 22297918 DOI: 10.1007/s00391-011-0264-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND The German questionnaire PRISCUS-PAQ was developed to measure actual physical activity of older adults in a telephone interview. PRISCUS-PAQ consists of ten main questions to assess the time spend in domestic activities (e.g., housework, gardening), sporting activities (e.g., riding a bicycle), and inactivity (e.g., sedentary activity, sleeping during the day) during the prior week. By assessing the number of days for each activity and the mean duration of performing this activity, a total score can be calculated. The total score corresponds to the energy consumption for 1 week. The aim of this study is to estimate the correlation of the PRISCUS-PAQ total score and accelerometry as an objective measurement method for the assessment of physical activity. MATERIAL AND METHODS A total of 114 participants (58% women) with a mean age of 76 years participated in the study. PRISCUS-PAQ was initially analyzed descriptively. To assess the validity of PRISCUS-PAQ, the correlation (correlation coefficient of Spearman) was calculated between the total score of the questionnaire PRISCUS-PAQ and the 95% trimmed sum of an accelerometer with a measurement period of 1 week. RESULTS The correlation coefficient for the association of the PRISCUS-PAQ total score and the 95% trimmed sum of the acceleration values was r = 0.28 (95% confidence interval 0.10–0.44). Activities of daily life like cleaning and other domestic activities highly contributed to the weekly energy consumption of the participants. CONCLUSION The association between the PRISCUS-PAQ questionnaire and accelerometry measured physical activity is comparable to other validated and established international questionnaires. The PRISCUS-PAQ is the first German questionnaire that allows the measurement of physical activity of older adults in a telephone interview.
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- U S Trampisch
- Lehrstuhl für Sportmedizin und Sporternährung, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
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