The Use of Reminders in Implementing an e-Learning Program in General Practice

This study is currently recruiting participants.

Verified by Research Unit Of General Practice, Copenhagen, November 2006

First Received: October 26, 2006 Last Updated: November 13, 2006 History of Changes

Sponsors and Collaborators:	Research Unit Of General Practice, Copenhagen Ministry of the Interior and Health, Denmark
Information provided by:	Research Unit Of General Practice, Copenhagen
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00394017

Purpose

To evaluate General Practitioners use and reuptake of an e-learning programme in diagnostic evaluation of dementia after an intervention consisting of three mailed reminder letters.

There is no direct patient involvement in this study.

Condition	Intervention
Dementia	Behavioral: Reminder letters

MedlinePlus related topics: Dementia

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Educational/Counseling/Training, Randomized, Open Label, Uncontrolled, Single Group Assignment, Efficacy Study
Official Title:	Implementation of an e-Learning Program in Diagnostic Evaluation of Dementia by Reminders: A RCT Among General Practitioners in Copenhagen

Further study details as provided by Research Unit Of General Practice, Copenhagen:

Primary Outcome Measures:

The proportion of General Practices using the e-learning programme at least once in periods monitored.

Secondary Outcome Measures:

The number of logins in the periods monitored.
The time og logins in the periods monitored.
The number of logins in working hours in the periods monitored.

Estimated Enrollment:	350
Study Start Date:	November 2006
Estimated Study Completion Date:	April 2007

Detailed Description:

The three mailed reminder letters will be mailed to the General Practitioners (GPs) in January 2007. The Periods where the e-learning programme will identify GPs using the programme are: Period before: November 1. and 6 weeks forward. Period after: Medio marts and 6 weeks forward.

All log files are kept anonymous for the principal study investigator by the Danish Medical Association.

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	30 Years to 75 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	Yes

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

General Practitioners working in Copenhagen Municipality October 1st 2006

Exclusion Criteria:

General Practitioners stopping to work in study period

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00394017

Contacts

Contact: Frans B Waldorff, PhD

+45 26223242

fbw@gpract.ku.dk

Locations

Denmark, Capital Province
Research Unit of General Practice	Recruiting
Copenhagen, Capital Province, Denmark, 1014
Contact: Frans B Waldorff, PhD +45 26223242 fbw@gpract.ku.dk
Principal Investigator: Frans B Waldorff, PhD

Sponsors and Collaborators

Research Unit Of General Practice, Copenhagen

Ministry of the Interior and Health, Denmark

Investigators

Principal Investigator:

Frans B Waldorff, PhD

Research Unit of General Practice

More Information

No publications provided

Study ID Numbers:	CPH-06-01-FEAP
Study First Received:	October 26, 2006
Last Updated:	November 13, 2006
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00394017 History of Changes
Health Authority:	Denmark: Danish Dataprotection Agency; Denmark: Ethics Committee

Keywords provided by Research Unit Of General Practice, Copenhagen:

Heading Health Plan Implementation
Computer-Assisted Instruction
General Practice
Dementia
education

Study placed in the following topic categories:

Delirium, Dementia, Amnestic, Cognitive Disorders
Mental Disorders
Central Nervous System Diseases
Brain Diseases

Dementia
Cognition Disorders
Delirium

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Delirium, Dementia, Amnestic, Cognitive Disorders
Mental Disorders
Nervous System Diseases

Central Nervous System Diseases
Brain Diseases
Dementia

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