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

Tracking Information

First Received Date ^ICMJE

October 26, 2006

Last Updated Date

October 23, 2009

Start Date ^ICMJE

November 2006

Primary Completion Date

May 2007 (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Current Primary Outcome Measures ^ICMJE

The proportion of General Practices using the e-learning programme at least once in periods monitored.

Original Primary Outcome Measures ^ICMJE

Same as current

Change History

Complete list of historical versions of study NCT00394017 on ClinicalTrials.gov Archive Site

Current Secondary Outcome Measures ^ICMJE

The number of logins in the periods monitored.
The time og logins in the periods monitored.
The number of logins in working hours in the periods monitored.

Original Secondary Outcome Measures ^ICMJE

Same as current

Descriptive Information

Brief Title ^ICMJE

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

Official Title ^ICMJE

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

Brief 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.

Detailed 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.

Study Phase

Study Type ^ICMJE

Interventional

Study Design ^ICMJE

Health Services Research, Randomized, Single Blind (Subject), Uncontrolled, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study

Condition ^ICMJE

Dementia

Intervention ^ICMJE

Behavioral: Reminder letters

Study Arms / Comparison Groups

Active Comparator: Reminder letters and usual implementations vs. usual implementation
No Intervention: usual implementations

Publications *

* Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by National Clinical Trials Identifier (NCT ID) in Medline.

Recruitment Information

Recruitment Status ^ICMJE

Completed

Enrollment ^ICMJE

339

Completion Date

May 2007

Primary Completion Date

May 2007 (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Eligibility Criteria ^ICMJE

Inclusion Criteria:

General Practitioners working in Copenhagen Municipality October 1st 2006

Exclusion Criteria:

General Practitioners stopping to work in study period

Gender

Both

Ages

30 Years to 75 Years

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Contacts ^ICMJE

Contact information is only displayed when the study is recruiting subjects

Location Countries ^ICMJE

Denmark

Administrative Information

NCT ID ^ICMJE

NCT00394017

Responsible Party

Frans Boch Waldorff /MD PhD, Research Unit Of General Practice, Copenhagen

Study ID Numbers ^ICMJE

CPH-06-01-FEAP

Study Sponsor ^ICMJE

Research Unit Of General Practice, Copenhagen

Collaborators ^ICMJE

Ministry of the Interior and Health, Denmark

Investigators ^ICMJE

Principal Investigator:

Frans B Waldorff, PhD

Research Unit of General Practice

Information Provided By

Research Unit Of General Practice, Copenhagen

Verification Date

October 2009

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