Community-based health organisations and chronic illness care

Phase 1

Completed

• Conditions: Access to community-based health organisations amongst patients with chronic illness; Arthritis; Osteoporosis; Ankylosing spondylitis; Asthma; Diabetes; Hepatitis C; Haemochromatosis; Kidney disease; Public Health - Health service research

• Registration Number: ACTRN12607000167460
• Lead Sponsor: Dr Fran Boyle, The University of Queensland

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2007-03-13
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 650

Inclusion Criteria

Confirmed (by general practitioner) diagnosis of arthritis, osteoporosis, ankylosing spondylitis, asthma, diabetes, hepatitis C, haemochromatosis, or kidney disease.

Exclusion Criteria

Cognitive impairment that precludes provision of informed consent; Non-English speaking or otherwise unable to complete a telephone interview.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Access to community based health organisations will be assessed by self-report using questions asking whether the patient has contacted/participated in an organisation and, if so, the frequency and nature of their contact/participation.[Collected by telephone interview at baseline and 3- and 10-12 months post-intervention.]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Secondary outcomes are self-management and subjective health.<br>Self-management will be assessed using the 13-item version of the Patient Activation Measure (Hibbard, 2003) and a series of questions about health actions taken, including service use, adapted from the National Health Survey (2005). Subjective health will be assessed using the SF-12, version 2. [All data will be self-report by telephone interview at baseline, 3- and 10-12 months.]