Evaluation of the effect of the diagnostic and therapeutic advices given by an Astma/COPD-service on the referring general practitioners and their patients.

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON27336

Enrollment

1000

Registered

2005-09-03

Start date

2003-01-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-02-28

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

The intervention in the trial was the diagnostic and therapeutic advice offered to the general practitioners by the Asthma/COPD-service in Eindhoven. These advices are a new but already introduced fa

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All general practices in and around the city of Eindhoven could be included as long as they used the facilities of the Diagnostic Centre, which the Asthma/COPD-service is a part of. Although, they should not have any experience with the support of the Asthma/COPD-service. They also were excluded in case they had employed a “praktijkondersteuner” (specialized nurse or assistant) for the Asthma/COPD diseasemanagement. In the intervention as well as in the control practices, all patients 12 years and older that have airway complaints could participate as long as they were not treated by a lung specialist.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: All general practices in and around the city of Eindhoven could be included as long as they used the facilities of the Diagnostic Centre, which the Asthma/COPD-service is a part of. Although, they should not have any experience with the support of the Asthma/COPD-service. They also were excluded in case they had employed a “praktijkondersteuner” (specialized nurse or assistant) for the Asthma/COPD diseasemanagement. In the intervention as well as in the control practices, all patients 12 years and older that have airway complaints could participate as long as they were not treated by a lung specialist.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Do general practitioners assess better diagnoses, according tot the NHG-standards, in Asthma/COPD-patients: do more patients have a correct diagnosis, do less patients have a wrong or incomplete diagnosis or no diagnosis at all? Do general practitioners give their patients a better treatment, according to the NHG-standards: do more patients get the right medication, do less patients get wrong or unnecessary medication. Do patients receive more information about their disease and about selfmanagement Do patients have a better compliance, do they better follow the advices about stop smoking, exercise, do they have fewer complaints and a better quality of life.	—

Measure

Time frame

Do general practitioners assess better diagnoses, according tot the NHG-standards, in Asthma/COPD-patients: do more patients have a correct diagnosis, do less patients have a wrong or incomplete diagnosis or no diagnosis at all? Do general practitioners give their patients a better treatment, according to the NHG-standards: do more patients get the right medication, do less patients get wrong or unnecessary medication. Do patients receive more information about their disease and about selfmanagement Do patients have a better compliance, do they better follow the advices about stop smoking, exercise, do they have fewer complaints and a better quality of life.

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Validity and reliability of the assessment and the reports of the Asthma/COPD-service; 2. Epidemiological data about the prevalence of Asthma/COPD in general practices, the (incorrect) use of medication of in general practice; 3. Costs of a support as given by the Asthma/COPD-service, related to the diagnostic and therapeutic gain in patient care.	—

Contacts

Public ContactMarion Drietelaar

University Maastricht (UM), CAPHRI Research Institute, P.O. Box 616

Marion.Drietelaar@HAG.unimaas.nl+31 (0)43 3882272

Outcome results