A patient-held health-record for asylum-seekers in reception centres to improve continuity of care

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: The study does not focus on specific conditions; Not Applicable

• Registration Number: ISRCTN13212716
• Lead Sponsor: niversity Hospital Heidelberg

Brief Summary

2019 results in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31423347 (added 21/08/2019)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Completion: 2016-12-05
• Study Start: 2016-12-14
• Last Update Posted: 9 September 2019

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 2308

Inclusion Criteria

Inclusion criteria for reception centres:
The centres must provide health care services

Inclusion criteria for physicians:
Working in the reception centres

Qualitative evaluation:
Health professionals and asylum-seekers (aged over 18) using the PHR

Exclusion Criteria

Exclusion criteria for reception-centres:
The centres do not provide health care services on spot

Exclusion criteria for physicians:
Not working in the reception centres

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Prevalence of health-related information in patient-physician encounters, assessed by physician questionnaire throughout the whole evaluation period twice per week at randomly determined days (Monday to Friday +/- 2 days). Measurement occasions are chosen randomly using a simple random procedure. Time-points for each measurement occasion remain concealed until the randomly chosen day and health care providers are not informed in advance of all measurement points. Sentinel practices are asked to measure the primary outcomes for each patient-physician encounter with an asylum-seeker during the 15 weeks.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<br> 1. Prevalence of missing essential health-related information<br> 2. Physician satisfaction with the prevalence of health-related information<br><br> Secondary outcomes will be measured throughout the whole evaluation period twice per week at randomly determined days (Monday to Friday +/- 2 days). Measurement occasions are chosen randomly using a simple random procedure. Secondary outcomes are measured at the level of patient-physician encounters (physician-rated measurement). Time-points for each measurement occasion remain concealed until the randomly chosen day and health care providers are not informed in advance of all measurement points. Sentinel practices are asked to measure the secondary outcomes for each patient-physician encounter with an asylum-seeker during the 15 weeks.<br>