Diagnosing urinary infections in care home residents
Part of Infections, Kidney & urinary, Women’s health & pregnancy clinical trials.
This study tests better ways to figure out whether care home residents have a urinary tract infection (UTI). If you qualify, you may be monitored and asked for urine samples so the team can compare how UTIs are identified.
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Who can take part
- You (or a legal representative) can give consent to take part in the study
- You live permanently in a care home (not a short-term/respite stay)
- You are 65 years old or older
- You have not had a suspected UTI in the last 4 weeks (or you can be reassessed after 4 weeks)
- You can provide a clean urine sample (severe bowel leakage may make this impossible)
- You do not have a urinary catheter or regular intermittent catheter use, and you don’t have major kidney/urine-tract problems
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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