- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Klinisk forsøg NCT00798044
Patient Feedback Effectiveness Study
18. januar 2012 opdateret af: Paul Crits-Christoph, University of Pennsylvania
The purpose of the study is to determine if a semi-automated quality improvement system that provides addiction counselors with feedback on their average treatment satisfaction and therapeutic alliance (as rated by patients currently in treatment) is superior to no feedback in 32 community-based outpatient addiction treatment clinics.
Studieoversigt
Status
Afsluttet
Betingelser
Intervention / Behandling
Detaljeret beskrivelse
Quality improvement (Ql) methods are a cornerstone of business and healthcare management throughout the United States yet there have been few studies of Ql interventions in addiction treatment settings.
The proposed study tests the effectiveness of one Ql system - Patient Feedback (PF) - at increasing outpatient group therapy attendance and self-reported abstinence.
The feasibility and acceptability of PF was established in a six-site study conducted within the National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network.
In the proposed study, 32 community-based outpatient treatment programs with approximately 250 clinicians will be randomly assigned to PF, or usual clinic practices.
In the PF condition, every week fro 12 weeks clinic patients are invited to complete a 12-item, self-administered survey in which they rate therapeutic alliance and treatment satisfaction, and report past week substance use.
These anonymous surveys are faxed by clinic staff to a University of Pennsylvania data center where a custom software application converts the surveys into feedback reports and posts them to a password protected website.
Clinicians can access their caseload feedback reports and aggregated reports for the whole clinic; supervisors can only access the aggregated clinic reports.
On a monthly basis staff meet as a team to review the feedback reports and develop Ql plans intended to yield improvements in select Ql indicators.
The PF website and the monthly PF e-newsletter provide social recognition, clinical resources, and a virtual community for participating clinicians.
After 12 weeks, participants in both conditions complete follow-up measures and then both groups are given open access to PF for 12 additional months.
During "sustainability phase" staff usage of the PF website is monitored.
Alternate versions of the PF Survey are introduced during the sustainability study, including one that monitors HIV risk behavior.
The rapid processing of surveys enables near real time feedback to clinic staff.
Organizations may share their feedback reports with funding sources, regulatory agencies, policy makers, and other stakeholders.
This centralized, semi-automated feedback system eases fulfillment of accreditation requirements and as such, reduces the cost of clinic operations.
Undersøgelsestype
Interventionel
Tilmelding (Faktiske)
118
Fase
- Ikke anvendelig
Kontakter og lokationer
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Studiesteder
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New York
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New York, New York, Forenede Stater, 10010
- New York University School of Medicine
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Pennsylvania
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Forenede Stater, 19104
- University of Pennsylvania
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Deltagelseskriterier
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Berettigelseskriterier
Aldre berettiget til at studere
18 år og ældre (Voksen, Ældre voksen)
Tager imod sunde frivillige
Ingen
Køn, der er berettiget til at studere
Alle
Beskrivelse
Inclusion Criteria:
- program: adult, outpatient, non-methadone maintenance substance abuse treatment programs
- clinician: must be leading at least one weekly group with minimum of 5 patients
- must be working at least 20% time at facility
Exclusion Criteria:
- clinics with fewer than 5 clinicians who conduct weekly group counseling
- clinics in which fewer than 50% of clinicians agree to participate
Studieplan
Dette afsnit indeholder detaljer om studieplanen, herunder hvordan undersøgelsen er designet, og hvad undersøgelsen måler.
Hvordan er undersøgelsen tilrettelagt?
Design detaljer
- Tildeling: Randomiseret
- Interventionel model: Parallel tildeling
- Maskning: Ingen (Åben etiket)
Våben og indgreb
Deltagergruppe / Arm |
Intervention / Behandling |
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Eksperimentel: Feedback to counselors
substance abuse counselors received feedback reports on their average performance and on the average performance of the clinic as a whole.
Feedback reports contained information on average alliance, treatment satisfaction, and drug/alcohol use.
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Surveys patients regarding treatment experiences.
Weekly feedback reports provided to counselors
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Ingen indgriben: Treatment as Usual
No feedback reports were provided in this arm.
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Hvad måler undersøgelsen?
Primære resultatmål
Resultatmål |
Tidsramme |
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clinician average weekly caseload patient-rated therapeutic alliance
Tidsramme: 12 weeks
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12 weeks
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Samarbejdspartnere og efterforskere
Det er her, du vil finde personer og organisationer, der er involveret i denne undersøgelse.
Sponsor
Samarbejdspartnere
Efterforskere
- Ledende efterforsker: Paul Crits-Christoph, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Datoer for undersøgelser
Disse datoer sporer fremskridtene for indsendelser af undersøgelsesrekord og resumeresultater til ClinicalTrials.gov. Studieregistreringer og rapporterede resultater gennemgås af National Library of Medicine (NLM) for at sikre, at de opfylder specifikke kvalitetskontrolstandarder, før de offentliggøres på den offentlige hjemmeside.
Studer store datoer
Studiestart
1. november 2006
Primær færdiggørelse (Faktiske)
1. november 2008
Studieafslutning (Faktiske)
1. april 2009
Datoer for studieregistrering
Først indsendt
24. november 2008
Først indsendt, der opfyldte QC-kriterier
24. november 2008
Først opslået (Skøn)
25. november 2008
Opdateringer af undersøgelsesjournaler
Sidste opdatering sendt (Skøn)
20. januar 2012
Sidste opdatering indsendt, der opfyldte kvalitetskontrolkriterier
18. januar 2012
Sidst verificeret
1. januar 2012
Mere information
Begreber relateret til denne undersøgelse
Yderligere relevante MeSH-vilkår
Andre undersøgelses-id-numre
- R01DA020799 (U.S. NIH-bevilling/kontrakt)
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