Physicians Work Distribution in a Danish Emergency Department

NCT ID: NCT01722721

Last Updated: 2025-11-25

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

9 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2012-01-31

Study Completion Date

2012-02-29

Brief Summary

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physicians in the Emergency Department spend their time on interviewing and examining patients, file documentation, communication with colleagues about the patients.

Introduction of IT technology aims to reduce the administrative workload. However it is the impression that more and more time are used behind the PC rather than at the side of the patient.

The aim of this study is to describe how the time is distributed between different task for an ED physician, and to analyse whether there are differences in time distribution if the physician is working in the outpatient area versus admission area of the ED.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Time Usage of ED Physicians

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_ONLY

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

ED physicians employed in the ED department

Exclusion Criteria

\-
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University of Southern Denmark

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Christian Backer Mogensen

assistant professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

References

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Fuchtbauer LM, Norgaard B, Mogensen CB. Emergency department physicians spend only 25% of their working time on direct patient care. Dan Med J. 2013 Jan;60(1):A4558.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 23340186 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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SLB-ED-01-2012

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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