NCT02108873

Brief Summary

Our objectives were to estimate the prevalence of nonattendance at outpatient offices, to identify the characteristics of appointments for which nonattendance was more likely to occur, and to generate a predictive model that could be applied to each appointment to estimate the probability of nonattendance.

Trial Health

87
On Track

Trial Health Score

Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach

Enrollment
10,000

participants targeted

Target at P75+ for all trials

Timeline
Completed

Started May 2014

Shorter than P25 for all trials

Geographic Reach
1 country

1 active site

Status
completed

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Trial Relationships

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

April 6, 2014

Completed
3 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

April 9, 2014

Completed
22 days until next milestone

Study Start

First participant enrolled

May 1, 2014

Completed
4 months until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

September 1, 2014

Completed
3 months until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

December 1, 2014

Completed
Last Updated

March 24, 2015

Status Verified

March 1, 2015

Enrollment Period

4 months

First QC Date

April 6, 2014

Last Update Submit

March 19, 2015

Conditions

Appointments and SchedulesOutpatient Clinics, Hospital/Economics

Keywords

Appointments and SchedulesOutpatient Clinics, Hospital/economics

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • Prevalence of non attendance, attendance and cancellation

    Characterize, describe and compare the clinical and administrative characteristics of outpatients who didn't attend, attended and cancelled an appointment in internal medicine/primary health care, clinical subspecialties and surgical specialties.

    Cohort study of 24 month

Secondary Outcomes (1)

  • Clinical and administrative characteristics

    Cohort study of 24 month

Study Arms (1)

Retrospective Cohort

Adult patients who had scheduled an appointment for outpatient primary care. Patients were divided into two groups, including those who attended their scheduled appointment and those who missed it.

Eligibility Criteria

Age18 Years+
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersYes
Age GroupsAdult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
Sampling MethodProbability Sample
Study Population

We included all requested appointments (random consecutive sampling) between 2012 and 2013 (24 month). The sample was randomized to allocate a generation cohort (two-thirds of the sample) and a validation cohort (one third of the sample).

You may qualify if:

  • Over 17 years.
  • Adults who attended, did not attend and cancelled a scheduled appointment at the Outpatient care system at the Italian Hospital of Buenos Aires (HIBA)

You may not qualify if:

  • The refusal to register or to the informed consent process.

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (1)

Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires

Capital Federal, Buenos Aires, C1199ABD, Argentina

Location

Study Officials

  • Diego H Giunta, MD

    Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

Study Type
observational
Observational Model
COHORT
Time Perspective
RETROSPECTIVE
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
PI Title
MD

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

April 6, 2014

First Posted

April 9, 2014

Study Start

May 1, 2014

Primary Completion

September 1, 2014

Study Completion

December 1, 2014

Last Updated

March 24, 2015

Record last verified: 2015-03

Locations

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