The Electronic Asthma Action Plan System for Implementation in Primary Care (eAAPS)
10 de setembro de 2019 atualizado 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.
Visão geral do estudo
Status
Concluído
Condições
Intervenção / Tratamento
Descrição detalhada
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 estudo
Intervencional
Inscrição (Real)
19
Estágio
- Não aplicável
Contactos e Locais
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Locais de estudo
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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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Critérios de participação
Os pesquisadores procuram pessoas que se encaixem em uma determinada descrição, chamada de critérios de elegibilidade. Alguns exemplos desses critérios são a condição geral de saúde de uma pessoa ou tratamentos anteriores.
Critérios de elegibilidade
Idades elegíveis para estudo
16 anos e mais velhos (Filho, Adulto, Adulto mais velho)
Aceita Voluntários Saudáveis
Não
Gêneros Elegíveis para o Estudo
Tudo
Descrição
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
Plano de estudo
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Como o estudo é projetado?
Detalhes do projeto
- Finalidade Principal: Cuidados de suporte
- Alocação: N / D
- Modelo Intervencional: Atribuição de grupo único
- Mascaramento: Nenhum (rótulo aberto)
Armas e Intervenções
Grupo de Participantes / Braço |
Intervenção / Tratamento |
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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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O que o estudo está medindo?
Medidas de resultados primários
Medida de resultado |
Descrição da medida |
Prazo |
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Number of Participants to Whom an AAP (Asthma Action Plan) Was Delivered by the Clinician
Prazo: 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 resultados secundários
Medida de resultado |
Descrição da medida |
Prazo |
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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.
Prazo: Every 2 weeks for 6 months
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Every 2 weeks for 6 months
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Asthma Control Assessment
Prazo: 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
Prazo: 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
Prazo: 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
Prazo: 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
Prazo: 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
Prazo: 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
Prazo: 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
Prazo: 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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Datas Principais do Estudo
Início do estudo
1 de julho de 2012
Conclusão Primária (Real)
1 de agosto de 2014
Conclusão do estudo (Real)
1 de agosto de 2014
Datas de inscrição no estudo
Enviado pela primeira vez
16 de fevereiro de 2010
Enviado pela primeira vez que atendeu aos critérios de CQ
16 de fevereiro de 2010
Primeira postagem (Estimativa)
17 de fevereiro de 2010
Atualizações de registro de estudo
Última Atualização Postada (Real)
13 de setembro de 2019
Última atualização enviada que atendeu aos critérios de controle de qualidade
10 de setembro de 2019
Última verificação
1 de setembro de 2019
Mais Informações
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Outros números de identificação do estudo
- 10-052
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