Prescribing Data in General Practice Demonstration Project

Not Applicable

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Hypertension; Chronic heart failure; Cardiovascular - Other cardiovascular diseases; Cardiovascular - Hypertension

• Registration Number: ACTRN12611000319976
• Lead Sponsor: ational Prescribing Service Limited

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2011-03-25
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 500

Inclusion Criteria

To be eligible for inclusion in the study GPs should:
- Agree to participate in the study
- Participate in activities to improve the data quality of their GP prescribing system ie small group discussions and patient audit and feedback
- Make their data available for the evaluation

Patient data will be included of they have hypertension or chronic heart failure or are taking the relevant medications

Exclusion Criteria

If GPs are unwilling to participate in small group discussions
If GPs are unwilling to make their data available for the evaluation

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Proportion of patients with hypertension (HT) receiving pharmacological treatment. This will be assessed using patient records extracted automatically and anonymously from the prescribing systems in each practice.[0, 6, 12 and 18 months];Proportion of patients with Chronic Heart Failure (CHF) receiving appropriate treatment (ie using an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor or angiotensin-receptor antagonists.) This will be assessed using patient records extracted automatically and anonymously from the prescribing systems in each practice.[0, 6, 12 and 18 months];Proportion of patients with hypertension achieving target blood pressures. This will be assessed using patient records extracted automatically and anonymously from the prescribing systems in each practice.[0, 6, 12 and 18 months]