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

Dementia Clinical Trial

Official title:

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

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00394017
• Other study ID #: CPH-06-01-FEAP
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: October 26, 2006
• Last updated: October 23, 2009
• Start date: November 2006
• Est. completion date: May 2007

Study information

• Verified date: October 2009
• Source: Research Unit Of General Practice, Copenhagen
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Denmark: Danish Dataprotection AgencyDenmark: Ethics Committee
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

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.

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 339
• Est. completion date: May 2007
• Est. primary completion date: May 2007
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 30 Years to 75 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• General Practitioners working in Copenhagen Municipality October 1st 2006

Exclusion Criteria:

• General Practitioners stopping to work in study period

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Subject), Primary Purpose: Health Services Research

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Dementia

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Reminder letters
3 mailed reminder letters

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Denmark	Research Unit of General Practice	Copenhagen	Capital Province

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Research Unit Of General Practice, Copenhagen	Ministry of the Interior and Health, Denmark

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Denmark, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	The proportion of General Practices using the e-learning programme at least once in periods monitored.
Secondary	The number of logins in the periods monitored.
Secondary	The time og logins in the periods monitored.
Secondary	The number of logins in working hours in the periods monitored.