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临床试验/NCT00122148
NCT00122148终止不适用

Can Vignettes be Used to Improve Practice and Outcomes?

US Department of Veterans Affairs1 个研究点 分布在 1 个国家开始时间: 2005年9月1日最近更新:
适应症
干预措施

试验速览

阶段
不适用
状态
终止
试验地点
1
主要终点
Disease-specific patient care indicators, comparing results at six months.

研究概览

简要总结

This is a pilot study to first measure the cross-sectional relationship between variations in physicians� vignette scores and aggregated scores of individual physicians� patient health outcomes; and second to (longitudinally) determine whether feedback of vignette scores improves physicians� clinical performance as measured by vignettes

详细描述

  1. Study Design: Physicians will complete computerized vignettes for four conditions � diabetes, coronary artery diseases (CAD), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and depression. We will collect retrospective outcomes data and develop composite outcome measures for on two conditions, Diabetes and CAD. For the longitudinal analysis, only vignette data will be collected and fed back to providers. Feedback will consist of specific data on vignette outcome scores for the individual physicians and for the sites overall.
  2. Site Selection: Primary care clinics at 2 VAMCs
  3. Study Population and Sampling: We will enroll primary care physicians at 2 VAMCs. 30 consenting physicians will be prospectively randomized into two groups. One group will receive feedback of their vignette scores, and the other group will serve as control, receiving no feedback.
  4. Variables and Measurement Instruments: Computerized vignettes measuring clinical practice completed by the physicians for diabetes, CAD, COPD, and Depression and a composite health outcome measures from the medical records of these physicians� patients with diabetes and CAD.
  5. Data Collection Strategy and Timeline: Vignettes will be administered to all physicians at baseline, with feedback of scores 3 months later and readministration of vignettes 9 months thereafter to measure the trend in improvement. The composite outcome data will only be collected at baseline only.
  6. Data Analysis: The statistical analysis will compare the effects within the context of an analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) model. The analyte is the quality of care physicians give to patients with four common conditions. The relationship between vignette scores and patient outcomes will be modeled accounting for clustering effects. The prospective experimental design will be used to quantify possible differences between the intervention and control groups. The data will be analyzed using a three-way crossed, one-way nested ANCOVA model where the covariate is the baseline vignette score. This model can be used to look at case effects, by domain, level of training, and by site.

研究设计

研究类型
Interventional
分配方式
Randomized
干预模型
Single Group
盲法
None

入排标准

性别
All
接受健康志愿者
否

入选标准

  • •Physician at SF VAMC with panel of primary care patients

排除标准

  • 未提供

研究组 & 干预措施

1

Other

干预措施: Feedback on provision of care (Behavioral)

结局指标

主要结局

Disease-specific patient care indicators, comparing results at six months.

次要结局

未报告次要终点

研究者

申办方类型
Fed

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