Effect of triage in the Dutch Preventice Child Health Care on methods of signaling and health care

Effect of triage in the Dutch Preventice Child Health Care on methods of signaling and health care - Triage effect study

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON35191

Enrollment

1720

Registered

2011-10-26

Start date

2012-01-10

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-09-30

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

Conditions

psychosociale stoornissen en overgewicht/obesitas overweight/obesity and psychosocial problems. However The focus is on children with visual problems these problems are not the subject of the research itself: the focus is on comparing triage and PGO.

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Age

2 Years to 11 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Children that are invited for the regular health care examination of the Dutch Preventive Child Health Care: - An equal distribution of children in class 2 and 7 of elementary school - A distrubition based on SES scores (Social Economic Status) of the schools o 3 classes with a high SES score o 3 classes with an average SES score o 4 classes with a low SES score - An equal distribution of rural and urban schools - +/- 16% of the total amount of participating childrens' parents are immigrants

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Children that are not in class 2 and 7 of elementary school

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
For the first research question: - Amount of new incidences for PGO and triage: o Visual problems o Obese/overweight o Psychosocial problems - Age of the child when one of the three mentioned problems is reported. - Correctness of the reported problems for PGO and triage, for children who are referred (for visual problems only if the child was referred based on the gut feelings of the JGZ professionals rather than according to the guideline). - Use of health care: amount and types of contacts o Show / no show o All contacts with JGZ up until one year after the first time a problem (visual, overweight/obesity or psychosocial) is identified by the JGZ professional. o Amount of children that are directed to external health care professionals for visual problems, overweight/obesity and/or psychosocial problems o Number of children already being in treatment for visual problems, overweight/obesity and/or psychosocial problems before the conventional group 2 and 7 examination o Amount of children that are send to the JGZ outside of the conventional group 2 and 7 examination (zij-instroom) - Personal data of the children (zip code, education of parents, gender, place of birth) For research question 2: - Costs of different care products (basic care and extra care) for triage and PGO, in terms of time of staff * gross salary of employee. o Activities within basic care and extra care of doctors, nurses, assistants, secretariat, planning.	—

Measure

Time frame

For the first research question: - Amount of new incidences for PGO and triage: o Visual problems o Obese/overweight o Psychosocial problems - Age of the child when one of the three mentioned problems is reported. - Correctness of the reported problems for PGO and triage, for children who are referred (for visual problems only if the child was referred based on the gut feelings of the JGZ professionals rather than according to the guideline). - Use of health care: amount and types of contacts o Show / no show o All contacts with JGZ up until one year after the first time a problem (visual, overweight/obesity or psychosocial) is identified by the JGZ professional. o Amount of children that are directed to external health care professionals for visual problems, overweight/obesity and/or psychosocial problems o Number of children already being in treatment for visual problems, overweight/obesity and/or psychosocial problems before the conventional group 2 and 7 examination o Amount of children that are send to the JGZ outside of the conventional group 2 and 7 examination (zij-instroom) - Personal data of the children (zip code, education of parents, gender, place of birth) For research question 2: - Costs of different care *products* (basic care and extra care) for triage and PGO, in terms of time of staff * gross salary of employee. o Activities within basic care and extra care of doctors, nurses, assistants, secretariat, planning.

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Additionally, the expert opinion of members of the advice committee concerning the results of the study is collected.	—

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results