Medical and geriatric conditions of elderly patients including: depression, dementia, falls, and diabetes.
Conditions
Interventions
A subset of clinical rules originating from the ACOVE-3 (Assessing care of Vulnerable Elders) complete set of rules has been selected based on surveys and focus groups with General Practitioners (GPs)
Sponsors
Academic Medical Center (AMC)
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients: All patients 65 years or older visiting their general practitioner. Physicians: All primary care physicians in the practices of GAZO (Gezondheidscentra in Amsterdam Zuid-Oost).
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: None, as the rules apply to all patients 65 years and older.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Adherence to the clinical rules. In particular adherence will be calculated in the following ways: 1. We will calculate the pass rates for each rule. The pass rate of a rule is the proportion of times that a rule was followed when it was triggered; 2. We will calculate the pass rate without distinction to specific rules (the proportion of times any rules was followed when it was triggered); 2. We will calculate the number of rules for which there was positive effect (that is, the pass rate of a rule its corresponding intervention group was larger that in its control group). The outcomes in "1" and "2" will be tested using proportion tests. The outcome in "3" will be tested using the binomial test. We will also calculate the abovementioned measures per patient. | — |
Contacts
Public ContactAmeen Abu-Hanna
Department of Medical Informatics Academic Medical Center - University of Amsterdam Meibergdreef 15
Outcome results
None listed