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Effectiveness of a Educational Intervention to Improve the Resolution Capacity of Primary Health Care Teams.

The recruitment status of this study is unknown because the information has not been verified recently.
Verified August 2005 by Catalan Institute of Health.
Recruitment status was  Active, not recruiting
Sponsor:
Collaborator:
Fondo de Investigacion Sanitaria
Information provided by:
Catalan Institute of Health
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00140283
First received: August 31, 2005
Last updated: NA
Last verified: August 2005
History: No changes posted

August 31, 2005
August 31, 2005
July 2004
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Total number of referrals of the selected condition done by the primary care professionals to specialized consultants by 100 patients attended in 1 year.
Same as current
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Effectiveness of a Educational Intervention to Improve the Resolution Capacity of Primary Health Care Teams.
Phase IV Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial With 2 Parallel Groups, to Evaluate the Effectiveness of a Educational Intervention to Improve the Resolution Capacity.

There is a great variability in the different primary care teams referral rate. And variability means inappropriateness somewhere in the process of care. The most important determinants of the variability are the attitude and knowledge of the professional, the existence and availability of evidence, the resources available and the professionals practice style. To improve the knowledge of the professionals could be a way to decrease the variability. Because of this, we have the aim to determinate the effectiveness of an educational intervention to improve the primary care teams from the city of Barcelona referral rate.

The aim of our study is to determinate if an active educational intervention (interactive sessions discussing clinical cases plus the minimal intervention) reduces the professionals referral rate compared with the minimal intervention group (written adapted clinical practice guidelines and feedback about their referral rate compared with other primary care teams). It is a cluster-randomized controlled trial stratified by the percentage of reform and the referral rate. The subjects were primary care physicians of the 51 teams of Barcelona city attending 1.160.748 inhabitants.
Interventional
Phase 4
Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Educational/Counseling/Training
Referral and Consultation
Procedure: Educational interactive intervention
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*   Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number) in Medline.
 
Active, not recruiting
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May 2005
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Inclusion Criteria:

  • Primary care teams who agree to participate.
  • Primary care teams attending adult population (older than 14).

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Primary care teams where the intervention would be difficult to take place.
  • Primary care teams where the referral rate is not available.
  • Primary care teams with a percentage of reform lower than 40%.
Both
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Spain
 
NCT00140283
PI031409, P03/30
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Catalan Institute of Health
Fondo de Investigacion Sanitaria
Principal Investigator: Josep Casajuana, Physician Catalan Institute of Health
Catalan Institute of Health
August 2005

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