Healthcare Renunciation During the Confinement Period in Connection With the COVID-19 Epidemic in Adult Emergency Departments

NCT ID: NCT04460196

Last Updated: 2020-09-23

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

900 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-07-08

Study Completion Date

2020-09-18

Brief Summary

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Healthcare renunciation is defined as: "Individuals give up care when they do not seek services and health care professionals when they experience a disorder, experience a physical or mental disorder, or when they do not access all of the prescribed care." In 2008, 16.5% of the general French population reported having renounced care. The causes mentioned of the renunciation are mainly the financial difficulties, the deadlines of appointments considered too long, the geographical remoteness. In the department of Sarthe, the rate of cessation of care is estimated at 27.6% over the period from 2014 to 2017.

In the context of the COVID-19 epidemic, containment was applied in France counted from 17 March 2020. The widespread message was "save lives, stay at home". The Ministry of Solidarity and Health has provided health professionals with a circular to adapt the management of patients with chronic disease, requiring elective surgical care and pregnant women.

The decline in activity of general practitioners is estimated at 44% and that of other specialists at 71%. In Paris, visits to the emergency room fell by 45% for adults and 70% for children.

The main risk is the deterioration of the health status of some patients with the worsening of chronic diseases, the discovery of pathologies during episodes of decompensation and the absence of management of serious acute pathologies.

The study aims to assess the importance of giving up care during this period of COVID-19 and in comparison with a study conducted at the University Hospital of Angers and the hospital of Le Mans in 2017.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Emergency Medicine

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Interventions

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survey

Each admitted patient will complete a questionnaire

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* All adults patients consulting in the emergency department and agreeing to answer the questionnaire

Exclusion Criteria

* Patient admitted in the emergency department in serious condition (life distress)
* Person unable to consent
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University Hospital, Angers

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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CHU Angers

Angers, , France

Site Status

CH Le Mans

Le Mans, , France

Site Status

Countries

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France

Other Identifiers

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49RC20_0155

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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