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Gaining patient feedback on the use of finger prick blood tests at home

Patient experience and accuracy of finger prick blood testing kits

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN11333327
Enrollment
400
Registered
2022-12-08
Start date
2023-01-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2024-03-25

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Adult patients under the care of secondary care clinics who are having regular blood tests as part of usual care Not Applicable

Interventions

Patients will be recruited from inpatient wards and outpatient clinics at the two hospital sites. After consent is taken bloods will be collected as follows: Patients will be allocated to one of th

Sponsors

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Adult patients under the care of secondary care clinics having blood tests taken as an inpatient or outpatient as part of usual care 2. Patients must have the capacity to provide consent and be able to undertake finger prick testing themselves

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Needle phobia 2. Peripheral neuropathy or vascular disease affecting hands 3. Known infection with a blood-borne pathogen (HBV, HCV, HIV)

Design outcomes

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Comparison of quantitative and semi-quantitative patient feedback between different fingerprick devices measured using a standardised feedback questionnaire at single timepoint

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Bias between fingerprick and venous sampling for routine biochemistry assays measured using Bland-Altman analysis at single timepoint

Countries

England, United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026