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A controlled trial on the effectiveness of an educational intervention to improve the quality of medical record documentation among medical officers in a district of Sri Lanka
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SLCTR Registration Number
SLCTR/2013/028
Date of Registration
The date of last modification
Mar 03, 2019
Trial Status
Scientific Title of Trial
A controlled trial on the effectiveness of an educational intervention to improve the quality of medical record documentation among medical officers in a district of Sri Lanka
Public Title of Trial
A study on the effectiveness of an education programme to improve medical record documentation
Disease or Health Condition(s) Studied
Medical record documentation
Scientific Acronym
None
Public Acronym
None
Brief title
None
Universal Trial Number
None
Any other number(s) assigned to the trial and issuing authority
EC-12-002 (Ethics Review Committee of the Faculty of Medicine, Colombo)
What is the research question being addressed?
What is the effect of an educational intervention on the medical record documentation by medical officers?
Type of study
Interventional
Study design
Allocation
Non-randomized controlled trial
Masking
Masking not used
Control
Standard therapy/practice
Assignment
Parallel
Purpose
Health services research
Study Phase
Not Available
Intervention(s) planned
Medical officers in five selected hospitals of Kalutara district will form the intervention group and medical officers from five selected hospitals in the Matara district will form the control group.
The intervention group will receive a guide book on correct documentation of medical records. They will also be invited to participate in a 2 hour lecture discussion on medical record documentation.
The control group will not receive any intervention.
Inclusion criteria
All the medical officers working in the selected hospitals (including intern medical officers)
Exclusion criteria
Medical officers who are posted to the selected hospitals after the commencement of the study
Primary outcome(s)
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1.
Change in the quality of medical record documentation by the doctors in inpatient medical records (using the validated Physician Documentation Quality Assessment Tool - PDQI) |
[ At baseline, 12 weeks and 18 weeks ] |
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2.
Change in knowledge regarding medical record documentation (using a self administered questionnaire) |
[ At baseline, 12 weeks and 18 weeks ] |
Secondary outcome(s)
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1.
Change in the quality of documentation of the final diagnosis (using PDQI) |
[ At baseline, 12 weeks and 18 weeks ] |
Target number/sample size
270 medical officers from Kalutara district and 217 medical officers from Matara district
Countries of recruitment
Sri Lanka
Anticipated start date
2013-09-17
Anticipated end date
2014-03-31
Date of first enrollment
Date of study completion
Recruitment status
Pending
Funding source
None
Regulatory approvals
Status
Approved
Date of Approval
2012-01-12
Approval number
EC-12-002
Details of Ethics Review Committee
| Name: | Ethics Review Committee, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo |
| Institutional Address: | No. 25, Kynsey Road, Colombo 00800 Sri Lanka |
| Telephone: | +94-11-2695300 (Extension: 240) |
| Email: | ethicscommitteemfc@gmail.com |
Contact person for Scientific Queries/Principal Investigator
Dr. Nandalal Mahendra Wijesekera
Registrar in Community Medicine
National Institute of Health Sciences, Kalutara
0777908709
nmwijesekera@yahoo.com
Contact Person for Public Queries
Dr. Nalika Gunawardena
Senior Lecturer in Community Medicine
Department of Community Medicine,
Faculty of Medicine, Colombo
077 6975402
nalikaguna@hotmail.com, nalikaguna@yahoo.com
Primary study sponsor/organization
National institute of Health Sciences
Nagoda, Kalutara
034 - 2222264
034 - 2226319
http://www.nihs.gov.lk/
Do the investigators plan to share identified individual clinical trial participant-level data (IPD)?
IPD sharing plan description
Study protocol available
Protocol version and date
Not Available
Protocol URL
Not Available
Results summary available
No
Date of posting results
Date of study completion
Final sample size
Date of first publication
Link to results
Brief summary of results
