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Protocol of a Pilot Study to Optimize Care for Heart Failure Patients in Primary Care

NCT02905786 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 538

Last updated 2018-07-19

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Heart failure (HF) imposes a burden for patients and health economics. Although guidelines exist, they are not implemented as such in the Belgian health care system. General practitioners (GPs) are confronted with the broadest range of HF management. Therefore, a multifaceted intervention will be implemented in Belgian general practice to support GPs in the implementation of evidence-based HF guidelines. This multifaceted intervention will consist of audit and feedback as a method to detect unrecognized HF patients and increase awareness for proactive HF management. Additionally, a NT-proBNP point-of-care test will be offered to every practice to improve detection and adequate diagnosis of HF patients. Furthermore, a specialist HF nurse will assist GPs in education of patients, optimization of treatment and transition of care. The investigators' aim is evaluating the feasibility of the implementation of this multifaceted intervention in general practice and the evolution in predefined quality indicators.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

Cobas h232 (Roche Diagnostics)

NT-proBNP point-of-care test

OTHER

Clinical audit and feedback

Clinical audit and feedback to detect previously unrecognized HF patients and inform GPs about their current quality of HF care

OTHER

Assistance by a specialized HF nurse

Assistance by a specialized HF nurse in general practice for education of patients, advice in diagnosis and treatment, transition of care

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • KU Leuven

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Bert Aertgeerts, MD, PhD · Department of Public Health and Primary Care

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
40 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-12-31
Primary Completion
2018-02-28
Completion
2018-02-28

Countries

  • Belgium

Study Locations

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Diseases

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