The Electronic Asthma Action Plan System for Implementation in Primary Care (eAAPS)
10 de septiembre de 2019 actualizado por: Unity Health Toronto
Asthma is a common and potentially fatal chronic disease.
An asthma action plan (AAP) is a written plan produced by a physician for a patient with asthma, to provide education and guidelines for self-management of worsening asthma symptoms.
Studies have shown that AAPs effectively improve asthma control, but physicians fail to provide AAPs due to lack of time and adequate skills.
Physicians also often fail to determine if their patients have good asthma control, and to adjust medications in response to patients' control level.
The investigators propose to develop and test a computerized tool that will help physicians to determine if their patients' asthma is well controlled, advise them on medication changes required according to the current level of control, and automatically generate an electronic version of the AAP, all based on patient responses to a questionnaire.
The investigators hope that this system will eliminate the barriers that physicians face in determining asthma control, adjusting medications, and delivering an AAP, and will increase the frequency with which physicians are able to achieve these goals in patients with asthma.
The objectives of the study are to determine the impact of this system on asthma action plan delivery by primary care physicians, the frequency of checking control level, and the frequency and appropriateness of asthma medication changes (in accordance with control).
We will also attempt to determine the impact of the system on hospitalisations, emergency room (ER) visits, unscheduled visits to the doctor, total visits to the doctor, days off work or school, nocturnal asthma symptoms, daytime asthma symptoms, daytime rescue puffer use, and quality of life, and to measure physicians' perceptions of and satisfaction with the system.
Descripción general del estudio
Estado
Terminado
Condiciones
Intervención / Tratamiento
Descripción detallada
This is a 2-year prospective interrupted time series (ITS) study of usual asthma care (baseline period) (year 1) compared to care with the eAAPS in place (intervention period) (year 2).
The setting is two academic family health teams (primary health care teams including family physicians, nurses, and allied health members) in Hamilton, Ontario and one community-based family health team in Brampton, Ontario.
Tipo de estudio
Intervencionista
Inscripción (Actual)
19
Fase
- No aplica
Contactos y Ubicaciones
Esta sección proporciona los datos de contacto de quienes realizan el estudio e información sobre dónde se lleva a cabo este estudio.
Ubicaciones de estudio
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Ontario
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Brampton, Ontario, Canadá, L6X 1N3
- Wise Elephant Family Health Team
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Hamilton, Ontario, Canadá, L8N 3Z6
- McMaster Family Health Team
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Toronto, Ontario, Canadá, M5B 1W8
- St. Michael's Hospital
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Criterios de participación
Los investigadores buscan personas que se ajusten a una determinada descripción, denominada criterio de elegibilidad. Algunos ejemplos de estos criterios son el estado de salud general de una persona o tratamientos previos.
Criterio de elegibilidad
Edades elegibles para estudiar
16 años y mayores (Niño, Adulto, Adulto Mayor)
Acepta Voluntarios Saludables
No
Géneros elegibles para el estudio
Todos
Descripción
Inclusion Criteria:
- Eligible physicians will include all primary care physicians at the 4 sites.
Eligible patients will include:
- patients with asthma, as determined by a validated electronic chart record search algorithm for asthma and on an asthma medication [but not a Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) medication] within 1 year;
- patients >/= 16 years of age who understand English
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pregnant patients will be excluded given that conventional AAP recommendations may not be appropriate in this population.
- Any patient deemed to have cognitive limitations or a life expectancy of < 1 year
Plan de estudios
Esta sección proporciona detalles del plan de estudio, incluido cómo está diseñado el estudio y qué mide el estudio.
¿Cómo está diseñado el estudio?
Detalles de diseño
- Propósito principal: Cuidados de apoyo
- Asignación: N / A
- Modelo Intervencionista: Asignación de un solo grupo
- Enmascaramiento: Ninguno (etiqueta abierta)
Armas e Intervenciones
Grupo de participantes/brazo |
Intervención / Tratamiento |
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Experimental: Electronic Asthma Action Plan System
Electronic Asthma Action Plan System (eAAPS)
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The electronic asthma action plan system consists of a tablet device in the physician waiting room which participants use to complete a simple questionnaire, a computerized clinical decision support system which then processes these data to produce a set of asthma care recommendations for the clinician, and finally, a printable asthma action plan that is given to patients, along with the URL for an asthma education website.
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¿Qué mide el estudio?
Medidas de resultado primarias
Medida de resultado |
Medida Descripción |
Periodo de tiempo |
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Number of Participants to Whom an AAP (Asthma Action Plan) Was Delivered by the Clinician
Periodo de tiempo: 24 months
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Number of eligible patients to whom an AAP was delivered by the physician during the intervention period (52 weeks) compared to the baseline period (52 weeks) Predictor model to include: clinic, appointment provider practitioner type, prior objective diagnosis of asthma, documented physician diagnosis of asthma, presenting complaint type, billing physician (most responsible physician/other), previous emergency department (ED) visits/hospitalizations for asthma, and current asthma control
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24 months
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Medidas de resultado secundarias
Medida de resultado |
Medida Descripción |
Periodo de tiempo |
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The Impact of the eAAPS on Patient-relevant Outcomes Including Hospitalisations, Emergency Room Visits, Unscheduled & Total Visits to the Doctor, Days Off Work/School, Nocturnal/Daytime Asthma Symptoms, Daytime Rescue Bronchodilator Use & Quality of Life.
Periodo de tiempo: Every 2 weeks for 6 months
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Every 2 weeks for 6 months
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Asthma Control Assessment
Periodo de tiempo: 24 months
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The number of patients with asthma control determined at least once, according to symptom-based criteria (control determination required meeting one or more criteria for uncontrolled asthma or all criteria for controlled asthma). Predictor model to include: clinic, appointment provider practitioner type, prior objective diagnosis of asthma, documented physician diagnosis of asthma, presenting complaint type, billing physician (most responsible physician/other), previous emergency department (ED) visits/hospitalizations for asthma, and current asthma control |
24 months
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Medication Escalations
Periodo de tiempo: 24 months
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The number of patients with escalation of controller therapy Predictor model to include: clinic, appointment provider practitioner type, prior objective diagnosis of asthma, documented physician diagnosis of asthma, presenting complaint type, billing physician (most responsible physician/other), previous emergency department (ED) visits/hospitalizations for asthma, and current asthma control
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24 months
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Appropriate Medication Changes
Periodo de tiempo: 24 months
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Number of eligible visits in which patients who had an appropriate medication change made (i.e.
escalation for poor control, and de-escalation for good control, when ascertainable)
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24 months
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On Treatment Analysis
Periodo de tiempo: During the 12 month intervention period
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Number of eligible patients to whom an asthma action plan (AAP) was delivered, when decision support was available (52 weeks), counting only intervention period visits in which patients completed the questionnaire before the appointment and the notification prompted clinicians to open the computerized clinical decision support system (CDSS) to take action
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During the 12 month intervention period
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Number of Practitioners Completing Feedback Questionnaires
Periodo de tiempo: 13 months
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Number of practitioners completing feedback questionnaires on the system (delivered in the 1 month after end of intervention period)
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13 months
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Ratio of Rescue to Controller Medication Prescriptions
Periodo de tiempo: 24 months
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Ratio of rescue to controller medication prescriptions made during baseline vs intervention periods
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24 months
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Adherence Discussions
Periodo de tiempo: During the 12 month intervention period
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The number of patients in the intervention period in whom discussions about medication adherence took place
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During the 12 month intervention period
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System Uptake
Periodo de tiempo: During the 12 month intervention period
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Actual usage of the system: number of patients for whom clinicians accessed the CDSS when actions were required
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During the 12 month intervention period
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Colaboradores e Investigadores
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Patrocinador
Colaboradores
Investigadores
- Investigador principal: Samir Gupta, MDCM, Unity Health Toronto
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Fechas de registro del estudio
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Fechas importantes del estudio
Inicio del estudio
1 de julio de 2012
Finalización primaria (Actual)
1 de agosto de 2014
Finalización del estudio (Actual)
1 de agosto de 2014
Fechas de registro del estudio
Enviado por primera vez
16 de febrero de 2010
Primero enviado que cumplió con los criterios de control de calidad
16 de febrero de 2010
Publicado por primera vez (Estimar)
17 de febrero de 2010
Actualizaciones de registros de estudio
Última actualización publicada (Actual)
13 de septiembre de 2019
Última actualización enviada que cumplió con los criterios de control de calidad
10 de septiembre de 2019
Última verificación
1 de septiembre de 2019
Más información
Términos relacionados con este estudio
Términos MeSH relevantes adicionales
Otros números de identificación del estudio
- 10-052
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