The Use of Reminders in Implementing an E-learning Program in General Practice

October 23, 2009 updated by: Research Unit Of General Practice, Copenhagen

Implementation of an E-learning Program in Diagnostic Evaluation of Dementia by Reminders: A RCT Among General Practitioners in Copenhagen

To evaluate General Practitioners use and reuptake of an e-learning programme in diagnostic evaluation of dementia after an intervention consisting of three mailed reminder letters.

There is no direct patient involvement in this study.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

The three mailed reminder letters will be mailed to the General Practitioners (GPs) in January 2007. The Periods where the e-learning programme will identify GPs using the programme are: Period before: November 1. and 6 weeks forward. Period after: Medio marts and 6 weeks forward.

All log files are kept anonymous for the principal study investigator by the Danish Medical Association.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

339

Phase

  • Not Applicable

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

  • Denmark
    • Capital Province
      • Copenhagen, Capital Province, Denmark, 1014
        • Research Unit of General Practice

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

30 years to 75 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • General Practitioners working in Copenhagen Municipality October 1st 2006

Exclusion Criteria:

  • General Practitioners stopping to work in study period

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: Health Services Research
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Intervention group
Reminder letters and usual implementations vs. usual implementation
Behavioral: Reminder letters
3 mailed reminder letters
No Intervention: Control group
usual implementations
Behavioral: Reminder letters
3 mailed reminder letters

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
The proportion of General Practices using the e-learning programme at least once in periods monitored.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
The number of logins in the periods monitored.
The time og logins in the periods monitored.
The number of logins in working hours in the periods monitored.

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Research Unit Of General Practice, Copenhagen

Collaborators

Ministry of the Interior and Health, Denmark

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

November 1, 2006

Primary Completion (Actual)

May 1, 2007

Study Completion (Actual)

May 1, 2007

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

October 26, 2006

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 30, 2006

First Posted (Estimate)

October 31, 2006

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

October 27, 2009

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 23, 2009

Last Verified

October 1, 2009

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • CPH-06-01-FEAP

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