Outreach Visits to Optimize Chronic Care Management in General Practice: A Cluster Randomized Trial

NCT ID: NCT01297075

Last Updated: 2014-05-23

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

189 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2011-03-31

Study Completion Date

2012-04-30

Brief Summary

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The aim of this project is to motivate and support general practice clinics in implementing the visions and recommendations presented in two of the disease specific programmes for chronic care management (for chronic obstructive lung disease and Type 2 diabetes). These programmes describe evidence based treatment and division of tasks between the municipalities, the hospitals and general practice.

The Facilitator Project is funded by The Danish Ministry of Interior and Health.

Detailed Description

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In a cluster randomized trial the investigators will explore the efficacy of up to three outreach visits by specially trained GPs. Efficacy data are obtained by means of questionnaires at regional databases.

Conditions

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Chronic Disease

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

CROSSOVER

Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Outreach visits

Practices allocated to outreach visits may receive up to three outreach visits in order to motivate and support general practice clinics in implementing two chronic care programmes for chronic obstructive Pulmonary disease and Type 2 diabetes.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Outreach visits

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The 16 facilitators in the project attend an educational programme designed to provide them with the necessary skills and tools for the task. The facilitators visit general practice clinics from March 2011 until the end of 2012. Each clinic is offered three visits. The facilitator is to act as a change agent who motivates and helps the clinic team in the process of defining common goals, and choosing the appropriate means for achieving them.

Control (late intervention)

These practices are allocated to outreach visits after the initial evaluation stops at 12 months.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Outreach visits

The 16 facilitators in the project attend an educational programme designed to provide them with the necessary skills and tools for the task. The facilitators visit general practice clinics from March 2011 until the end of 2012. Each clinic is offered three visits. The facilitator is to act as a change agent who motivates and helps the clinic team in the process of defining common goals, and choosing the appropriate means for achieving them.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

General Practices working in the capital region in Denmark

Exclusion Criteria

General Practices where the facilitator works.
Minimum Eligible Age

30 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

70 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Region Capital Denmark

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Research Unit Of General Practice, Copenhagen

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Frans Boch Waldorff

Research Associate professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Frans B Waldorff, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Research Unit of General Practice

Locations

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Frans Boch Waldorff

Copenhagen, Capital Area, Denmark

Site Status

Research Unit of General Practice

Copenhagen, Capital, Denmark

Site Status

Countries

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Denmark

References

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Due TD, Thorsen T, Kousgaard MB, Siersma VD, Waldorff FB. The effectiveness of a semi-tailored facilitator-based intervention to optimise chronic care management in general practice: a stepped-wedge randomised controlled trial. BMC Fam Pract. 2014 Apr 9;15:65. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-15-65.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 24716545 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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GP00990002

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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