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Evaluation of Spirometry Expert Support in General Practice

NCT00131157 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 39

Last updated 2007-03-01

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

More and more general practitioners (GPs) use spirometry in their practices. At this time, there is sufficient reason to presume that, after a single postgraduate training program without any further support, most GPs have insufficient knowledge and ability to assure valid interpretation of their spirometry tests. Therefore, some kind of continuous diagnostic support with regard to spirometry interpretation by GPs is advisable. The aim of the present study is to assess whether implementation of spirometry expert support (either by a computerised expert system or a working agreement between general practitioners and respiratory consultants with respect to spirometry interpretation) causes changes in diagnosing and appropriateness and efficiency of medical care in subjects with chronic respiratory morbidity managed in general practice.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

expert support for interpretation of spirometry

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • ZonMw: The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development

    collaborator OTHER

  • Boehringer Ingelheim

    collaborator INDUSTRY

  • The Netherlands Asthma Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • Radboud University Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Chris van Weel, Prof · Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2003-01-31
Completion
2006-08-31

Countries

  • Netherlands

Study Locations

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