Ecology of Medical Care - Utilisation of Health Care in Austria

Health Behavior Clinical Trial

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Official title:

Ecology of Medical Care - Utilisation of Health Care in Austria

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01261845
• Other study ID #: 13683
• Secondary ID: 13575
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: December 16, 2010
• Last updated: April 17, 2015
• Start date: February 2010
• Est. completion date: March 2013

Study information

• Verified date: April 2015
• Source: Medical University of Vienna
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Austria: Ethikkommission
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

BACKGROUND: A proper understanding of the attitudes towards its own health status and concise estimates concerning the health seeking behavior of the different subgroups of a population are highly desirable. The structure of the Austrian population with regard to its age distribution and the proportion of people with immigrant backgrounds have been rapidly changing in recent years. Questions of allocating limited resources and meeting the needs of under-served populations have become increasingly important. However, data that could illuminate these issues are sparse and therefore obtaining them will be important for making sensible policy decisions.

METHODS: A telephone survey of the Austrian population for the assessment of the occurrence of any health complaint and the subsequent help seeking behavior with special emphasize on under-served minority groups - migrant population, elder people, and female gender.

AIMS: Our analysis of the data obtained should help to clarify some hitherto undocumented aspects and should provide the evidence for building a better health care infrastructure with equality of access and efficient coordination. We also hope that this information can help to allocate resources strategically according to needs and cost-efficiency in health care.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 3500
• Est. completion date: March 2013
• Est. primary completion date: October 2011
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 15 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• 15 years and older

Exclusion Criteria:

• younger than 15 years

Study Design

Observational Model: Ecologic or Community, Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Health Behavior

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Austria	Department for General Practice and Family Medicine, Center for Public Health at the Medical University of Vienna	Vienna

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Medical University of Vienna	National Bank of Austria

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Austria, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Prevalence of health complaints	The occurrence of any health complaint and the subsequent help seeking behaviour with special emphasis on under-served minority groups.	1 month	No
Primary	Prevalence of dysphoric disorders	The prevalence of depression and GAD will be assessed by the PHQ-2 and GAD-2 respectively.	2 weeks	No
Secondary	Utilization of CAM	The utilization of CAM and a classification scheme for CAM methods in Austria.	1 month	No
Secondary	Utilization of Health Care Resources in Austria	The utilization of health care resources of the Austrian population with respect to Primary, Secondary and Tertiary levels of care.	1 month	No
Secondary	Case vignettes for calibration of response measures	The use of case vignettes to calibrate response measures across various ethnic minority groups.	1 month	Yes

External Links

•   Homepage of ECOHCARE