Effectiveness of a Educational Intervention to Improve the Resolution Capacity of Primary Health Care Teams.

August 31, 2005 updated by: Catalan Institute of Health

Phase IV Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial With 2 Parallel Groups, to Evaluate the Effectiveness of a Educational Intervention to Improve the Resolution Capacity.

There is a great variability in the different primary care teams referral rate. And variability means inappropriateness somewhere in the process of care. The most important determinants of the variability are the attitude and knowledge of the professional, the existence and availability of evidence, the resources available and the professionals practice style. To improve the knowledge of the professionals could be a way to decrease the variability. Because of this, we have the aim to determinate the effectiveness of an educational intervention to improve the primary care teams from the city of Barcelona referral rate.

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

The aim of our study is to determinate if an active educational intervention (interactive sessions discussing clinical cases plus the minimal intervention) reduces the professionals referral rate compared with the minimal intervention group (written adapted clinical practice guidelines and feedback about their referral rate compared with other primary care teams). It is a cluster-randomized controlled trial stratified by the percentage of reform and the referral rate. The subjects were primary care physicians of the 51 teams of Barcelona city attending 1.160.748 inhabitants.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment

48

Phase

  • Phase 4

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Spain
      • Barcelona, Spain
        • Àmbit Barcelona (Catalan Institute of Health)

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

N/A

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Primary care teams who agree to participate.
  • Primary care teams attending adult population (older than 14).

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Primary care teams where the intervention would be difficult to take place.
  • Primary care teams where the referral rate is not available.
  • Primary care teams with a percentage of reform lower than 40%.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Educational/Counseling/Training
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Total number of referrals of the selected condition done by the primary care professionals to specialized consultants by 100 patients attended in 1 year.

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Catalan Institute of Health

Collaborators

Fondo de Investigacion Sanitaria

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Josep Casajuana, Physician, Catalan Institute of Health

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

July 1, 2004

Study Completion

May 1, 2005

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

August 31, 2005

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 31, 2005

First Posted (Estimate)

September 1, 2005

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

September 1, 2005

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 31, 2005

Last Verified

August 1, 2005

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • PI031409
  • P03/30

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