Point Of Care Testing In Danish General Practice
POCIP
Point-Of-Care Testing In Danish General Practice: A Randomised Controlled Trial
1 other identifier
interventional
213
1 country
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Brief Summary
The aim of this project is to evaluate the efficacy of electronic reminder letters versus postal reminder letters on general practices adherence to clinical quality guidelines regarding Point Of Care Testing (POCT).
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P75+ for not_applicable
Started Aug 2010
Shorter than P25 for not_applicable
1 active site
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
June 22, 2010
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
June 29, 2010
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
August 1, 2010
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
May 1, 2011
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
May 1, 2011
CompletedJuly 30, 2014
June 1, 2010
9 months
June 22, 2010
July 29, 2014
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Total number of split tests performed in study period.
Total number of split tests performed in study period.
January - April 2011
Secondary Outcomes (2)
Proportion of practices with a high quality of tests defined as 75% of the performed split tests for INR within the accepted interval according to the CGPL quality guidelines1 in study period.
January - April 2011
Proportion of practices conducting split tests in study period.
January - April 2011
Study Arms (2)
Postal reminders
ACTIVE COMPARATORPostal reminders
Electronic reminders
ACTIVE COMPARATORElectronic reminders
Interventions
Postal reminder letters if adherence is not obtained (up to four)
Electronic reminder letters if adherence is not obtained (up to four)
up to four reminder letters in september - december 2010
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- All GPs using at least 5 INR POCT analysis during baseline period (january-april 2010)
You may not qualify if:
- GPs stopping during study period.
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- Research Unit Of General Practice, Copenhagenlead
- University of Copenhagencollaborator
- The Copenhagen General Practice Laboratoriumcollaborator
- Centre for Quality Development and CME for GP's in the Capital Regioncollaborator
- Region Capital Denmarkcollaborator
Study Sites (1)
Research Unit of General Practice
Copenhagen, Capital, 1014, Denmark
Related Publications (2)
Siersma V, Kousgaard MB, Reventlow S, Ertmann R, Felding P, Waldorff FB. The effectiveness of computer reminders versus postal reminders for improving quality assessment for point-of-care testing in primary care: a randomized controlled trial. J Eval Clin Pract. 2015 Feb;21(1):13-20. doi: 10.1111/jep.12210. Epub 2014 Jun 21.
PMID: 24953533DERIVEDWaldorff FB, Siersma V, Ertmann R, Kousgaard MB, Nielsen AS, Felding P, Mosbaek N, Hjortso E, Reventlow S. The efficacy of computer reminders on external quality assessment for point-of-care testing in Danish general practice: rationale and methodology for two randomized trials. Implement Sci. 2011 Jul 23;6:79. doi: 10.1186/1748-5908-6-79.
PMID: 21781338DERIVED
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Frans B Waldorff, PhD
Research Unit of General Practice
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
- Intervention Model
- SINGLE GROUP
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
June 22, 2010
First Posted
June 29, 2010
Study Start
August 1, 2010
Primary Completion
May 1, 2011
Study Completion
May 1, 2011
Last Updated
July 30, 2014
Record last verified: 2010-06