Developing a Complex Intervention for the Treatment of Orthostatic Hypotension in Older People
Description: Orthostatic hypotension (OH) occurs when blood pressure drops on standing, but effective treatments are lacking. OBJECTIVES: Develop a non-drug therapy to treat older people with OH. DESIGN: 1. Evaluate existing research and treatments. 2. Determine how non-drug therapies treat OH. 3. Design an appropriate therapy, and clinical trial to evaluate this therapy. OUTCOMES: 1. Summary of existing research. 2. Knowledge about how therapies work. 3. Strategies helping patients adhere to therapies. 4. Protocol to test the resulting therapy. BENEFITS: Short-term: Help 3.5 million older people adhere to existing non-drug therapies. Long-term: improve clinical care of older people with OH.
Amount: £690,300
Funding type: fellowship
Funder scheme: NIHR Fellowships
Start date: 2015-02-01
End date: 2020-01-31
Investigator: James Frith
Institution: The University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Subfield: Surgery
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Funded outputs count: 29
Funder award ID: CS-2014-14-002
OpenAlex ID: G7372524450