Mobile Unit Screening of Pathologies Associated With Chronic Diseases - Part I Feasibility

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nīmes13 sites in 1 country27 target enrollmentFebruary 2015

ConditionsChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Type II Diabetes Atherosclerosis

Overview

Phase: Not Applicable
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nīmes
Enrollment: 27
Locations: 13
Primary Endpoint: Percentage of eligible patients who actually received the mobile team exam
Status: Completed
Last Updated: 10 years ago

Overview Investigators Eligibility Criteria Outcomes Sites Similar Trials

Overview

Brief Summary

The main objective of this study is to assess the feasibility of standardized screening for comorbidities among patients with one or more of three chronic diseases (diabetes, COPD, atherosclerosis) by a mobile unit at times and localities under-served by health actors.

Detailed Description

The investigators secondary objectives include assessing patient and GP satisfaction in relation to the mobile screening team.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

February 2015

End Date

April 2015

Last Updated

10 years ago

Study Type

Observational

Sex

All

Investigators

Sponsor

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nīmes

Responsible Party

Sponsor

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

•The patient must have given his/her informed and signed consent
•The patient must be insured or beneficiary of a health insurance plan
•The patient has one or more of the following three diseases: (1) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); (2) type II diabetes; (3) atherosclerosis.

Exclusion Criteria

•The patient is participating in another study
•The patient is in an exclusion period determined by a previous study
•The patient is under judicial protection, under tutorship or curatorship
•The patient refuses to sign the consent
•It is impossible to correctly inform the patient
•There is a need to take urgent therapeutic care in the opinion of the general practitioner
•The patient has received within the past year, a full examination including Doppler assessment of supra-aortic arteries, abdominal aorta and lower limbs; the patient has received a measure of the ankle-brachial index at the toe.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Percentage of eligible patients who actually received the mobile team exam

Time Frame: Day of mobile team exam (day 0)

Secondary Outcomes

Percentage of mobile team exams in which one or more comorbidities was discovered(Day of mobile team exam (day 0))
Average time required for the patient to fill out questionnaires(Day of mobile team exam (day 0))
Percentage of complete mobile team exams, that is to say in which all the data and all the variables have been collected and interpreted(Day of mobile team exam (day 0))
Average per patient time necessary to carry out the mobile team exam(Day of mobile team exam (day 0))
GP and patient acceptability of the mobile team exam(Day of mobile team exam (day 0))
Observance: percentage of patients included that actually received the balance sheet(Day of mobile team exam (day 0))
Time in days between making the appointment by the general practitioner and the mobile team exam(Day of mobile team exam (day 0))
Percentage of GPs who participated in the study(Day of mobile team exam (day 0))