Transition of medical care: Cough patient outcome by a nurse practitioner.

Transition of medical care: Cough patient outcome by a nurse practitioner. - Cough outpatient clinic by nurse.

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON30376

Enrollment

310

Registered

2006-12-21

Start date

2007-10-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-06-18

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Conditions

chronic cough

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Age

18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. patients >= 18 years. 2. cough > 8 weeks 3. referred via general practitioner.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. chronic cough in medical history, treated by a pulmonologist, gastro-enterologist or ear-nose and throat specialist. 2. co-morbidity limiting decision making.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. the difference in cough after 6 months in patients with a chronic cough between the cough outpatient clinic of the pulmonologist and nurse practitioner.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. the difference in cough scores after 6 months between both groups for LCQ. 2. the difference in HADS scores after 6 months for both groups. 3. the diagnosis of the nurse practitioner vs the pulmonologist. 4. the number and sort of investigations to obtain a diagnosis. 4. the number of patients after 6 months with an increase / decrease of their complaints (global rating of change questionnaires). 5. patient satisfaction after 6 months.	—

Measure

Time frame

1. the difference in cough scores after 6 months between both groups for LCQ. 2. the difference in HADS scores after 6 months for both groups. 3. the diagnosis of the nurse practitioner vs the pulmonologist. 4. the number and sort of investigations to obtain a diagnosis. 4. the number of patients after 6 months with an increase / decrease of their complaints (global rating of change questionnaires). 5. patient satisfaction after 6 months.

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Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results