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
NCT number | NCT00461201 |
Other study ID # | PI060715 |
Secondary ID | |
Status | Not yet recruiting |
Phase | N/A |
First received | April 16, 2007 |
Last updated | April 16, 2007 |
Start date | January 2009 |
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.
Status | Not yet recruiting |
Enrollment | 1640 |
Est. completion date | |
Est. primary completion date | |
Accepts healthy volunteers | No |
Gender | Both |
Age group | 15 Years and older |
Eligibility |
Inclusion Criteria: - patients requesting same day consultations in primary care - assigned to the practice Exclusion Criteria: - do not want to participate - difficulties to follow-up - serious illness that makes the intervention impossible - home visits |
Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
Country | Name | City | State |
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Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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Catalan Institute of Health | Carlos III Health Institute, Jordi Gol i Gurina Foundation, Netherlands: Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sports |
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Horrocks S, Anderson E, Salisbury C. Systematic review of whether nurse practitioners working in primary care can provide equivalent care to doctors. BMJ. 2002 Apr 6;324(7341):819-23. Review. — View Citation
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Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Primary | Description of the capacity of resolution of the nurse: | |||
Primary | To determine if there are differences in the proportion of patients that make a second appointment for the same reason in the next 2 weeks, comparing the two groups. | |||
Primary | To determine if there are differences in the resolution of symptoms in 2 weeks after the visit comparing the two groups. | |||
Primary | To determine if there are differences in the proportion of admission to hospital or to emergency room the next 2 weeks comparing the two groups. | |||
Primary | To determine if there are differences in the satisfaction and resolution of the worries about the users state of health in 2 weeks after the visit comparing the two groups. | |||
Primary | To determine if there are differences comparing the two groups in the perceived status of health, perception of the information, received attention, resource utilization and future intention to consult again with the same professional. | |||
Secondary | Description of the clinical demands of the users and their demographic characteristics. | |||
Secondary | To identify if there is a type of user in which the effectiveness of the intervention is higher. | |||
Secondary | To determine the proportion of users visited by the nurse not having to be visited by the doctor afterwards for that reason. |
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