urse-led chronic disease care in Wheatbelt, Western Australia

Not Applicable

• Conditions: asthma; COPD; hypertension; heart disease; Public Health - Health service research; Respiratory - Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Cardiovascular - Hypertension

• Registration Number: ACTRN12612001056886
• Lead Sponsor: Wheatbelt GP Network

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2012-10-04
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 160

Inclusion Criteria

able to give informed consent; have a heart and/or lung chronic disease currently managed in primary care

Exclusion Criteria

Unable to give informed consent; chronic condition not well controlled or need intensive treatment; deemed not suitable for participation by treating clinicians; participants want to withdraw from the study

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
umber of avoidable hospitalisation for asthma, COPD and hypertension in test and control sites during the intervention period using regional hospital morbidity and mortality dataset[3 monthly over a year]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Quality of Life as assessed by the SF-12 questionnaire[3 monthly over a year];Chronic Respiratory Questionnaire[3 monthly over a year]