Nurse vs General Practitioner Care for Patients Requesting Same Day Consultations in Primary Care

Acute Disease Clinical Trial

Official title: Effectiveness of an Intervention in Primary Care: Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Care for Patients Requesting Same Day Consultations by Nurse Practitioner vs General Practitioners

Status Not yet recruiting

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness of nursing care in relation to usual medical care in adult patients who demand to be visited the same day in Primary Care Teams in Catalonia, as it is suggested in other countries.

Clinical Trial Description

The primary care demand is rapidly growing and the family physicians feel overflowed by the demand and their capacity to solve things is limited by lack of time. Many organizational interventions have been planned to solve this problem. One of these is to imply the nurse professional to solve and control health problems that traditionally were the doctor’s job. So, to demonstrate the nursing care is as effective as the medical care, we will compare, among both collectives, the ‘quality’ of care received by patients who ask an appointment for the same day. ;

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Health Services Research

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Acute Disease
• Ambulatory Care
• Family Practice
• Nursing Care

• NCT number: NCT00461201
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Catalan Institute of Health
• Contact: Begoña Iglesias, Physician
• Phone: 0034938931216
• Email: biglesias@ambitcp.catsalut.net
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 2009