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| Sponsors and Collaborators: |
Imperial College London Internal Funding |
| Information provided by: | Imperial College London |
| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00129649 |
Purpose
Many studies have shown a high non-attendance rate in hospital outpatient clinics. The investigators have found a non-attendance rate of 25% in their asthma clinics and would like to investigate whether a reminder phone call will improve attendance rates. Patients will be randomised into two groups; one group will receive a reminder phone call one week prior to their hospital consultation and the other group will be managed in the standard manner (i.e. no reminder of any sort). The phone calls will be carried out on a Friday afternoon by a respiratory nurse specialist and a research officer for two asthma clinics based on a Wednesday morning and a Thursday afternoon.
| Condition | Intervention |
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Asthma Sleep Apnea Syndromes Tuberculosis COPD |
Behavioral: Telephone reminder call |
| MedlinePlus related topics: | Asthma Sleep Apnea Tuberculosis |
| Study Type: | Interventional |
| Study Design: | Prevention, Randomized, Open Label, Active Control, Single Group Assignment |
| Official Title: | Service Development: Assessing Non-Attendance Rates in Outpatient Clinics |
| Estimated Enrollment: | 500 |
| Study Start Date: | May 2005 |
| Estimated Study Completion Date: | May 2005 |
Many studies have shown a high non-attendance rate in hospital outpatient clinics. The investigators have found a non-attendance rate of 25% in their asthma clinics and would like to investigate whether a reminder phone call will improve attendance rates. Patients will be randomised into two groups; one group will receive a reminder phone call one week prior to their hospital consultation and the other group will be managed in the standard manner (i.e. no reminder of any sort). The phone calls will be carried out on a Friday afternoon by a respiratory nurse specialist and a research officer for two asthma clinics based on a Wednesday morning and a Thursday afternoon.
To have an 80% chance of detecting a 10% reduction in non-attendance rates (at 5%) 500 patients are required for this study. The rate of non-attendance will be monitored for all the patients in both groups and some demographic information will be recorded for each patient(age, sex, diagnosis and home postcode).
Eligibility
| Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 90 Years |
| Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
| Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
Contacts and Locations| United Kingdom | |||||
| NHLI Imperial College | |||||
| London, United Kingdom, W6 8RF | |||||
| Imperial College London |
| Internal Funding |
| Principal Investigator: | Martyn R Partridge, MD FRCP | Imperial College London |
More Information
| Study ID Numbers: | NHLICX3806 |
| First Received: | August 11, 2005 |
| Last Updated: | September 8, 2005 |
| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00129649 |
| Health Authority: | United Kingdom: Research Ethics Committee |
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