Mobile application for the proper use of head and neck diagnostic imaging tests

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Head and neck pathology; Not Applicable

• Registration Number: ISRCTN12300306
• Lead Sponsor: Fundación para la Gestión de la Investigación Biomedica de Cádiz

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2020-10-01
• Last Update Posted: 19 October 2020
• Study Completion: 2021-03-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Ongoing
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 364

Inclusion Criteria

Requests made by the doctors of the Puerta del Mar Hospital for head and neck imaging tests, in the field of emergencies, outpatient consultations and hospitalization

Exclusion Criteria

Pathology different to head and neck and/or outside to the field of emergencies, outpatient consultations and hospitalization

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Percentage of requests for inappropriate diagnostic imaging tests, evaluated by clinicians and/or radiologists belonging to the research group. First, a radiologist makes an initial evaluation and then another clinician or radiologist different from the previous one makes a second evaluation, without knowing the previous result. In case of discrepancy, a third party is called in. The degree of suitability of the application is established according to the criteria of the American College of Radiology: a) appropriate, b) may be appropriate or doubtful, c) not appropriate. The application recruitment period is 3 months before and 3 months after the intervention.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<br> 1. Evaluation of the economic impact: the researchers will perform a conservative analysis by minimizing costs, assuming that the effects on health and well-being are identical. They will calculate the economic benefit only in relation to the number of scans avoided or modified, without taking into account the time lost by patients or caregivers or the possible health consequences. Evaluated 3 months after the intervention.<br> 2. Degree of satisfaction and usability by the professionals using the mobile application, measured by a survey and a Likert-type scale with five levels of response: 1) totally disagree, 2) disagree, 3) neither agree nor disagree, 4) agree, 5) totally agree. Measured 3 months after the intervention.<br>