Clinical trials: Quality of Patient Care
Palliative Medicine
The MuSt-PC: a Feasibility Study on Intent to Use a Tool With Regard to Symptom Management
A study on the intent to use a tool (MuSt-PC) to manage symptoms of patients in a palliative care trajectory.
- Trial name
- NCT06110624
- Testing
- Survey
- Where
- 2 sites in Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Medical Center Groningen
Cancer
Fulfilling Care Needs of Adolescents With Cancer
The aim of phase 1 of this study is to develop a care need scale (CNS) for adolescents with cancer. The aim of phase 2 is to examine the mediating role of care needs between physical and psychosocial dysfunction and QoL, and to…
- Trial name
- NCT03173833
- Testing
- CAGO questionnaire outcome
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 720 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Reproductive Health
Improving Person Centered Care for Post Abortion Patients in Kenya
The purpose of this study is to understand the effect of a phone based post-abortion intervention on the experience of post-abortion care.
- Trial name
- SPARQ_PACK (NCT04206514)
- Testing
- Person Centered Care - Post Abortion Support
- Where
- Kenya
- Volunteers
- 371 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Chronic Disease
Intensive Management of At-risk Patients
The purpose of this study is to assess if intensive management of at-risk participants, utilizing longitudinal patient tracking, proactive outreach, multidisciplinary action planning and careful outcomes monitoring, will lead to…
- Trial name
- NCT04456725
- Testing
- Intensive management, Control
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- CareMore Health, San Bernardino
Physical Disability
Understanding Disparities in Healthcare and Primary Care Provider Quality
The project proposes to fill gaps in the understanding of disparities in healthcare and primary care provider (PCP) quality from the perspectives of adult Medicare beneficiaries with disabilities compared to those without…
- Trial name
- NCT02626910
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 49 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Palliative Care
Evaluation of an Intervention Designed to Enhance the Quality of Decision Support Provided to Patients Making Decisions About End-of-life Place of Care
Most dying cancer patients would prefer a home death yet die in an institution. Patients can experience uncertainty when weighing practical considerations, concern for others, and their personal ratings about the desirability and…
- Trial name
- NCT00614003
- Testing
- Decision support skills building Intervention
- Where
- 5 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Reproductive Health
Improving Person Centered Care for Abortion Clients in India
The purpose of this study is to understand the effect of providing pharmacists in UP, India with additional information about medication abortion.
- Trial name
- SPARQ_ACI (NCT04307641)
- Testing
- 2 Page Information Sheet
- Volunteers
- 283 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Dementia, Vascular, Dementia
Systematic Care for Informal Caregivers of Dementia Patients: An Efficient Approach?
The objective is to ascertain the potential efficiency of a systematic care programme for caregivers of dementia patients. The research questions are: What are the costs and benefits of the Systematic Care Programme - Dementia…
- Conditions
- Dementia, Vascular, Dementia, Alzheimer Disease, Lewy Body Disease
- Trial name
- NCT00147693
- Testing
- Diagnosis of caregivers' problems, Professional service: treatment of problems by counseling or practical support
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 304 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Radboud University Medical Center
Chronic Diseases
Evaluating Community Health Centers' Adoption of a New Global Capitation Payment
The investigators are conducting a prospective analysis of the Alternative Payment Methodology (APM) demonstration project sites. The investigators' goal is to conduct a cross project analysis of findings.
- Trial name
- eCHANGE (NCT02637869)
- Testing
- Alternative Payment Model
- Volunteers
- 400,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oregon Health and Science University
Smoking, Sexual Behavior
Linking Lives: Building Quality Parent Components for School-Based Health Programs in Middle Schools
The purpose of this study is to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of a parent-based intervention that can be implemented in conjunction with existing school-based programs designed to prevent or reduce sexual risk behavior…
- Trial name
- NCT00136279
- Testing
- Linking Lives parent-based intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 9,510 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Obesity
Considering Patient Diet Preferences to Optimize Weight Loss
Obesity is increasingly common and can lead to decreased quality of life, increased medical and psychiatric illness, high health care costs, and early mortality.
- Trial name
- DietChoice (NCT01152359)
- Testing
- Choice, Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 207 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Electronic Prescribing
Evaluation of Electronic Prescribing in Hospital Ambulatory Care Clinics
All reliably evaluated POE systems to date have been desktop computer based, but now there is widespread use and acceptance among physicians of PDA devices for a variety of purposes.
- Trial name
- NCT00252395
- Testing
- PDA-based Electronic Prescribing Software
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Communication, Patient Care
Development and Validation of a Tool to Measure Hand-off Quality
The aim of this project is to develop and validate a simple, flexible, reliable, real-time observation tool to evaluate hand-off practices.
- Conditions
- Communication, Patient Care, Quality of Health Care
- Trial name
- NCT01059942
- Testing
- mock handoff exposure, Introduction of CEX tool in Actual Hand-offs
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 27 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Tuberculosis
Quality of Tuberculosis Care in Mumbai, India
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of the Private Provider Interface Agency (PPIA) program on quality of care. The PPIA is a tuberculosis pilot program implemented in the private health sector of Mumbai city…
- Trial name
- NCT02874755
- Testing
- Tuberculosis Program
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McGill University
Competency-Based Education
Effect of a Competence Based Medical Education Programme on Training Quality in Intensive Care Medicine.
This study evaluates whether the implementation of a competency-based medical education program called CoBaTrICE (Competency Based Training program in Intensive Care in Europe) provides higher levels of competency in comparison…
- Trial name
- COBALIDATION (NCT04278976)
- Testing
- Implementation of CoBaTrICE
- Where
- 14 sites in Spain
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Alvaro Castellanos Ortega
Oral Cancer, Palliative Supportive Care
Early Palliative Care For Patients With Oral Cancer in Sri Lanka
The goal of this quasi experimental study is to develop and assess the effectiveness of an early palliative care intervention in patients with oral cancer in Sri Lanka.
- Conditions
- Oral Cancer, Palliative Supportive Care, Psychological Distress, Quality of Life of Patients
- Trial name
- NCT06726317
- Testing
- Early palliative care integration
- Where
- 4 sites in Sri Lanka
- Volunteers
- 110 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colombo
Congenital Heart Disease
Transition Care Model for Adolescents With Congenital Heart Disease
The primary aim of this study is to assess the effectiveness of a standardized transition care model (TC) on the perceived mental and physical health of adolescents with congenital heart disease (CHD).
- Trial name
- TELEMACO (NCT05713591)
- Testing
- Transition care model
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 964 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Policlinico S. Donato
Insurance Status/Stability
IMPACCT for Kids' Care
Health insurance is important for children. Public insurance programs are available to many children, but some families report being confused about how to get and keep this insurance.
- Trial name
- IMPACCT (NCT02298361)
- Testing
- Health insurance outreach IT tools
- Volunteers
- 27,251 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- OCHIN, Inc.
Patient-centered Care
Impact of a Wellness Portal on The Delivery of Patient-Centered Preventive Care
Building upon our experience with a very sophisticated preventive services prompt and reminder system, the Preventive Services Reminder System (PSRS), the investigators propose to conduct a systematic three-year study with the…
- Trial name
- NCT01520662
- Testing
- Implementation of a secure web-based patient Wellness Portal
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 540 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Medical Education, Pediatrics
Using Simulation to Support Staff and Improve Quality of Treatment: An Intervention Project Within Pediatrics
Background: Effective teamwork and quality care are crucial for patient safety overall. Simulation-based team training offers a valuable approach to improving communication, coordination, and decision-making among healthcare…
- Conditions
- Medical Education, Pediatrics, Patient Outcomes
- Trial name
- PAEDSIM (NCT06064045)
- Testing
- Simulation-based team training intervention
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 1,238 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus