Child Health Improvement Through Computer Automation of Constipation Management in Primary Care

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Encopresis; Constipation
• Interventions: Other: Evidence Based Constipation Reminders

• Registration Number: NCT02354820
• Lead Sponsor: William E. Bennett, Jr.

Brief Summary

This project seeks to expand an existing computerized decision support system used in pediatric primary care. The expanded system will add a module that helps clinicians recognize constipated children and then provides evidence-based reminders for constipation management, as well as automates patient educational materials. The current system is deployed across multiple sites, and the constipation module will be randomized to deployment in different sites. The difference in constipation management and patient outcomes will then be compared between sites receiving the intervention and sites not receiving the intervention over a 12 month period.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2015-01-26
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-01-29
• Study Start: 2015-02
• Study First Posted: 2015-02-03
• Primary Completion: 2016-10
• Study Completion: 2016-12
• Results First Submitted: 2017-10-19
• Status Verified: 2022-08
• Results First Submitted QC: 2022-08-19
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-08-19
• Results First Posted: 2022-09-14
• Last Update Posted: 2022-09-14

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 16264

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients presenting to one of 5 primary care clinics in the Eskenazi Health system in Indianapolis, IN.
• Patients given a pre-screener form as part of the existing CHICA decision support system.
• Age between 2 years and 12 years, inclusive.

Exclusion Criteria

• None.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Experimental	Evidence Based Constipation Reminders	Patients are identified by the pre-screener form given to parents as having constipation or encopresis. Evidence based reminders and patient educational materials are given to providers to help them with constipation management.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Number of Patients With Persistent Constipation Within 6 Months	All visits within 6 months of initial constipation complaint.	Parents are asked if constipation is still present at a subsequent visit within 6 months.