Technical Accuracy and Userfriendliness of a Point-Of-Care C Reactive Protein Device in a Nursing Home Setting

KU Leuven99 enrolled

Overview

Study to test the technical accuracy and userfriendliness of a Point-of-care C Reactive Protein device (POC CRP device) in comparison with laboratory CRP testing in nursing home residents

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

DIAGNOSTIC

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Healthy Older Adults Ill Older Adults

Interventions

Point-of-care test for CRPDEVICE

Device: C Reactive Protein (CRP) measurement on capillary blood using a point-of-care test to determine the CRP level in the blood

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 65 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Older (65 years or older) nursing home residents Exclusion Criteria: * Residents not understanding Dutch

Locations (1)

Domino vzw

Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Technical accuracy

Correlation between the results of the Point-of-care C Reactive Protein device and the results of the laboratory

Time frame: 2 month

Secondary Outcomes

User-friendliness

Evaluation of the user-friendliness on a five point Likert-scale. Following items are scored: device start-up, test duration, sample size, test characteristics, calibration, measuring range, handling of test tubes, filling of the capillary, placing the test cartridge, test recording and additional material usage.

Time frame: 2 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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