Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT02409251
Rheumatologists and the Requesting of Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA) Tests in Patients With Rheumatologic Complaints
Requesting Behaviour of Rheumatologists Regarding Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA) in Patients With Rheumatologic Complaints
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 29 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Sint Maartenskliniek · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- —
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The aim of this study is to assess the effect of a simple intervention (a combination of education and feedback) on Antinuclear Antibody (ANA) testing. This aim was chosen because of the known overuse of many laboratory tests, of which ANA testing is one. As overuse of ANA tests can have negative consequences (both for patients and society), the investigators designed an intervention to see how this would influence Antinuclear Antibody testing by rheumatologists.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BEHAVIORAL | Education and feedback |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2012-02-01
- Primary completion
- 2014-01-01
- Completion
- 2014-07-01
- First posted
- 2015-04-06
- Last updated
- 2015-04-06
Locations
3 sites across 1 country: Netherlands
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02409251. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.