A General Practitioner intervention on frequent attenders

Phase 4

Completed

• Conditions: Frequent attendance in Primary Health Care; Public Health - Other public health

• Registration Number: ACTRN12607000266460
• Lead Sponsor: Juan Angel Bellon

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2007-05-18
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 210

Inclusion Criteria

Frequent attenders who had an annual rate of consultation at least twice as high as the Health Centre sex- and age-related mean.

Exclusion Criteria

Cognitive problems, living out of the district, and difficulty to understand Spanish.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The primary outcome measure is the total number of consultations during the 12 months post-intervention[Measured at the beginning (time 0) and monthly until 12 month post-intervention.]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Self reported health, as well as a set of psychosocial variables: anxiety, Stat-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI); depression, Beck Depression Inventory (BDI); hypochondria,Witheley Index and General Hypochondria (WI and GH); family dysfunction, The family Adaptability, Partnership, Growth, Affection, and Resolve (APGAR) index and the Family Environtment Scale (APGAR index and FES); and social support, the Duke Funcional Social Support Questionnaire (DUKE-UNC-11). [All measured at baseline, and at the end of follow-up (12 months).]