Point Of Care Testing In Danish General Practice - Part II

NCT01152177 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: GP009900012
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 286
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 2

Brief Summary

The aim of this project is to evaluate the efficacy of electronic reminder letters versus none on general practices adherence to clinical quality guidelines regarding Point Of Care Testing (POCT). The investigators hypothesize, that electronic reminder letters may increase adherence.

Conditions

Point of Care Testing

Keywords

Heading Health Plan Implementation; General Practice; Point of care testing; education

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Total number of split tests performed in study period (three periods).

  Total number of split tests performed in study period (three periods).

  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)

Electronic reminders

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Electronic reminders

Device: Electronic reminder letters

Usual care

NO INTERVENTION

usual care

Interventions

Electronic reminder letters DEVICE

Electronic reminder letters if adherence is not obtained (up to four)

Also known as: ELECTRONIC

Electronic reminders

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 30 Years - 75 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• All GPs using at least 5 POCT analysis (either 5 Haemoglobin or 5 glucose) during baseline period (january-april 2010)

You may not qualify if:

• All GPs using at least 5 INR POCT analysis during baseline period (january-april 2010).
• GPs stopping during study period.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Research Unit Of General Practice, Copenhagen: lead
• University of Copenhagen: collaborator
• The Copenhagen General Practice Laboratorium: collaborator
• Centre for Quality Development and CME for GP's in the Capital Region: collaborator
• Region Capital Denmark: collaborator

Study Sites (2)

Research Unit of General Practice

Copenhagen, Capital, 1014, Denmark

Location

Research Unit of General Practice

Copenhagen, 1014, Denmark

Location

Related Publications (2)

• Kousgaard MB, Siersma V, Reventlow S, Ertmann R, Felding P, Waldorff FB. The effectiveness of computer reminders for improving quality assessment for point-of-care testing in general practice--a randomized controlled trial. Implement Sci. 2013 Apr 23;8:47. doi: 10.1186/1748-5908-8-47.

  PMID: 23618425 DERIVED

• Waldorff 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: 21781338 DERIVED

Study Officials

• Frans B Waldorff, PhD

  Research Unit of General Practice

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Sponsor Type: OTHER

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 23, 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

Locations

DK (2)