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Effectiveness of a hospital follow-up appointment system to improve clinic follow-up among ageing patients with non communicable diseases in a rural health setting
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SLCTR Registration Number
SLCTR/2014/015
Date of Registration
The date of last modification
Mar 03, 2019
Trial Status
Scientific Title of Trial
Effectiveness of a hospital follow-up appointment system to improve clinic follow-up among ageing patients with non communicable diseases in a rural health setting
Public Title of Trial
A study on using a hospital follow up appointment system to improve clinic attendance in elderly patients with non communicable disease
Disease or Health Condition(s) Studied
Elderly health, Non communicable diseases
Scientific Acronym
None
Public Acronym
None
Brief title
None
Universal Trial Number
U1111-1158-5860
Any other number(s) assigned to the trial and issuing authority
None
What is the research question being addressed?
Will a hospital follow-up appointment system improve clinic follow-up among ageing patients with non communicable diseases?
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 Applicable
Intervention(s) planned
A total of 284 patients will be selected using systematic sampling method. The first patient will be selected randomly and thereafter every second patient according to the clinic number will be selected for study group and every 3rd patient will be selected for the control group.
Patients in the intervention arm will be have colour coded stickers on their clinic books and drug cards. This will include a permanent clinic number. At the end of each clinic visit, the drug cards will be examined to identify clinic defaulters.
The defaulters will be contacted via telephone and reminded of their default and reminded of the next clinic date. Where a telephone number is not available, the relevant area PHI will be informed and instructed to convey the message to the patient.
This intervention will take place at the end of the relevant clinic date, monthly for a total of 12 months.
The control group will receive no permanent clinic numbers and no reminders.
All regular routine clinic services will be provided equally for both groups.
Inclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria
Non-ability to attend on the relevant follow up dates in person.
Primary outcome(s)
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1.
Clinic attendance rate |
[ Measurement will be taken at 6 months and after 1 year ] |
Secondary outcome(s)
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1.
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[ Monthly for 12 months ] |
Target number/sample size
284 (142 in each arm)
Countries of recruitment
Sri Lanka
Anticipated start date
2014-09-04
Anticipated end date
2015-09-04
Date of first enrollment
2014-09-01
Date of study completion
Recruitment status
Recruiting
Funding source
None
Regulatory approvals
Status
Approved
Date of Approval
2014-04-24
Approval number
Details of Ethics Review Committee
| Name: | Ethics Review Committee, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna |
| Institutional Address: | PO Box 70, Labuduwa Rd, Galle, Sri Lanka |
| Telephone: | +94-91-2234801/803 (Extension: 161) |
| Email: | ethics@med.ruh.ac.lk |
Contact person for Scientific Queries/Principal Investigator
L K Hirimuthugoda
Post Graduate trainee in Community Medicine
Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo
+94 714689710
+94 714689710
krishan824@yahoo.com
Contact Person for Public Queries
Dr S P K Wathudura
Consultant Physician
Base hospital, Elpitiya
+94 0718219469
wathudurasp1966@yahoo.com
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
