NCT04301505

Improvement in COPD Elderly Patients Health: Study Protocol

Checklist Based Method for Improvement of COPD Care in Elderly in General Practice: Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial Using Electronic Health Records

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 2,520 (actual)
• Sponsor: Medical University of Lodz · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Guidelines development, their implementation and the physicians' adherence may have an impact on the occurrence of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) exacerbations and patient's quality of life. We have developed an educational program based on a checklist to assist general practitioners in managing COPD patients. The results of this trial based on electronic health records from BIG DATA databases, such as the electronic health record (EHR) of patients from the National Health Found, associated with checklist, will be directly applicable to primary care in Poland and add new data to the growing body of evidence on interventions to improve chronic illness care and patient's quality of life.

Detailed description

This study is the three-arm cluster controlled randomized trial (CRT) with the patients nested within practices. The effectiveness of Checklist in reduction of COPD exacerbations health outcomes in COPD patients after 2 interventions will be evaluated and compared to that of usual care. The results of this trial will be directly applicable to primary care in Poland and add new data to the growing body of evidence on interventions to improve chronic illness care.

Conditions

• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Intervention 1	Checklist will be delivered at the beginning of the study. The educational intervention program will consist of a checklist that provides family physicians with COPD management for the elderly.
OTHER	Intervention 2	The same checklist will be delivered at the beginning of the study and repeated after 6 months.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-03-01
• Primary completion: 2021-02-28
• Completion: 2021-03-31
• First posted: 2020-03-10
• Last updated: 2023-02-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Poland