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Improving stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation.

Decision-Support for improving adherence to Dutch general practitioner guidelines for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation.

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
NL-OMON
Registry ID
NL-OMON28848
Enrollment
500
Registered
2012-08-07
Start date
2012-10-15
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2024-02-28

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

Conditions

Atrial fibrillation, stroke prevention, coumarines atriumfinrilleren, CVA preventie, coumarines

Interventions

Decision support messages that alert the physician about issues with the antithrombotic treatment used for their current patient (active on screen). Positive feedback when current treatment is accordi
2. Arm 2 receives messages but will not be obliged to answer and can ignore messages without giving an explanation
3. Arm 3 will be able to ignore messages but when GPs do they will be required to provide a reason. They cannot continue with other patients before they provide a reason. This way we hope to gather da

Sponsors

Amsterdam Medical Center
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients: All patients with atrial fibrillation enlisted in general practitice. Physicians: All primary care physicians in the GAZO centers and other GPs, consenting in participation.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: N/A

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
The proportion of patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation whose anti-thrombotic treatment prescription is in accordance with the Dutch NHG guideline.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Reasons GPs report to deviate from the given advice (/guideline).

Contacts

Public ContactDiederick L. Arts

Meibergdreef 9

d.l.arts@amc.uva.nl+31 (0)20 5667305

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)