Service Development: Assessing Non-atte… | Clinical Trial

Key information

Conditions

Asthma Actinomycetales Infections Apnea Bacterial Infections Bacterial Infections and Mycoses Bronchial Diseases COPD Chronic Disease Disease Attributes Dyssomnias Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections Hypersensitivity Hypersensitivity, Immediate Immune System Diseases Infections Lung Diseases Lung Diseases, Obstructive Mycobacterium Infections Nervous System Diseases Pathologic Processes Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive Respiration Disorders Respiratory Hypersensitivity Respiratory Tract Diseases Sleep Apnea Syndromes Sleep Disorders, Intrinsic Sleep Wake Disorders Tuberculosis

Age range

18 year–90 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

NHLI Imperial College

London, W6 8RF, United Kingdom

About this study

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).

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Patients with appointments booked for 2 respiratory outpatient clinics

Exclusion criteria

Patients likely to only need one appointment

Treatment and study plan

Telephone reminder call

Behavioral

Primary outcomes

Attendance Rates at Respiratory Outpatient Clinics

Time frame: after phone call within 1 week

rates of attendance measured for scheduled clinics - attended patients

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Imperial College London

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 2005
Primary completion: 2006
Study completion: 2006
First posted: Aug 12, 2005
Registry last updated: Feb 5, 2020

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