Clinical trials: Utilization of Health Care Services
Health Care Utilization, Mental Health Impairment
Transitioning Young Patients' Health Care Trajectories
The project aims to transition the approach used to care for children with complex conditions and care pathways into a more holistic and coordinated model.
- Conditions
- Health Care Utilization, Mental Health Impairment, Child, Only, Multi-morbidity
- Trial name
- NCT04652154
- Testing
- Transitioning young patients' health care trajectories
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Haukeland University Hospital
Nutrition, Healthy
Examining the Impact of a Mobile Nutrition Education App for Child Nutrition Education in Canada
This trial will test the hypothesis that a digital curriculum-based nutrition education intervention using the Foodbot Factory serious game (i.e., a game designed for learning) leads to greater student engagement and learning…
- Trial name
- NCT05979259
- Testing
- Serious game nutrition education intervention, Conventional nutrition education intervention
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 616 people
- Sponsor
- University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Chronic Disease Management, Infants Health
A Multi-Site Hybrid Type I Effectiveness-Implementation Randomized Trial of an Emergency Care Action Plan for Infants With Medical Complexity
Infants with medical complexity (IMC) are a challenging population with more emergency department visits, inpatient stays, and higher healthcare costs than other children. IMC also experience lower quality emergency health care.
- Conditions
- Chronic Disease Management, Infants Health, Emergency, Utilization, Health Care
- Trial name
- NCT06993129
- Testing
- Emergency Care Action Plan
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 500 people
- Sponsor
- University of Vermont
Maternal Health Service
Checklist Based Box System Interventions
Maternal mortality is still high in Ethiopia. Antenatal care (ANC), use of skilled delivery attendants and postnatal care (PNC) services are key maternal health care services that can significantly reduce maternal mortality.
- Trial name
- CBBSI (NCT03891030)
- Testing
- Checklist Based Box system intervention
- Where
- Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- 1,200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Jimma University
Pediatric Dentistry, Health Services Accessibility
Parental Satisfaction With Pediatric Dental Care at El Kasr El Einy
This study aims to evaluate the barriers and unmet needs in utilizing dental services for children and measure parental satisfaction with the services provided at the Pediatric Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University.
- Conditions
- Pediatric Dentistry, Health Services Accessibility, Patient Satisfaction, Dental Care for Children
- Trial name
- NCT07076875
- Testing
- Questioner interview
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 353 people
- Sponsor
- Cairo University
Unplanned Use of Health Care Services
Telehealth Nursing Intervention for Children With Complex Health Care Needs (CCHCN)
The overall objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a telehealth care coordination and case management nursing intervention for children with complex special health care needs.
- Trial name
- NCT01328353
- Testing
- telehealth plus aprn triage
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 163 people
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Health Care Utilization, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Improved Access to Quality Care and Healthcare Use
This study is an individual-level randomised controlled trial which looks at the effect of providing free access to higher quality providers in urban South Africa.
- Conditions
- Health Care Utilization, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Health, Subjective
- Trial name
- NCT06275867
- Testing
- Free high-quality care, Close distance, Far distance
- Where
- South Africa
- Volunteers
- 1,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- London School of Economics and Political Science
Diabetes
Natural Language Processing and Quality Assessment in Primary Care
The investigators propose to use a Natural Language Processing System (NLP) to provide an initial baseline report for primary care patients at risk for diabetes and cardiovascular complications that will include: a) evidence of…
- Trial name
- NCT01023243
- Testing
- Brochure: Care of the Feet for Those at Risk, Quality Survey: foot exam, tobacco and aspirin use
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 389 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Myopia, Conjunctivitis
Zanzibar Arts for Children's Eyesight Pilot Trial
In Zanzibar, around 22,000 children (4% of those aged 6 to 12) need treatment for eye issues like conjunctivitis or require glasses. A 2017 study found that 42% of rural children needing glasses didn't have them.
- Conditions
- Myopia, Conjunctivitis, Hyperopia
- Trial name
- ZANZI-ACEII (NCT06469697)
- Testing
- School music broadcast, Community music broadcast
- Where
- Tanzania
- Volunteers
- 1,295 people
- Sponsor
- Queen's University, Belfast
Health Promotion, Diarrhea
Lay Fieldworker Led School Health Program for Rural Primary Schools
School-aged children in low and middle-income countries (LMIC) face significant challenges to their health and development which contribute to poor academic achievement.
- Trial name
- CHHIP (NCT03423615)
- Testing
- Comprehensive Health & Hygiene Improvement Program (CHHIP)
- Volunteers
- 2,909 people
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Engagement, Patient, First Episode Psychosis
Optimizing Engagement in Services for First-Episode Psychosis
This study will compare a 12-session behavioral activation (BA) intervention modified for first-episode psychosis (FEP) to usual community mental health care (i.e., treatment-as-usual; TAU) delivered over 6 months with a sample…
- Trial name
- NCT05310838
- Testing
- Behavioral Activation for First Episode Psychosis, Treatment As Usual
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people
- Sponsor
- California State University, San Bernardino
Infectious Disease, Cardiovascular Disease
Promoting Evidence-Based Decision-Making in India: District Evaluation Study on Health
The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of disseminating information on comparative performance, along with actionable messages on how to improve health outcomes, to district-level decision-makers in India using a…
- Trial name
- DESH (NCT01003587)
- Testing
- District health information package
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada, India
- Volunteers
- 594 people
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Self-Help Devices, Long-Term Care
Assistive Device Rental/Purchase, LTC Service Use, and Caregiver Burden in Taiwan
The goal of this observational study is to examine the associations between assistive device approval and acquisition modality (rental or purchase), long-term care service utilization, and family caregiver burden among…
- Conditions
- Self-Help Devices, Long-Term Care, Caregiver Burden, Health Services Research
- Trial name
- NCT07782047
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 161,771 people
- Sponsor
- National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan
Contraceptive Behavior, Self Administration
Impact of Self-Care Family Planning Services on Health and Development in South Sudan (Family Planning Impact Lab)
Since 2019, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) has led family planning programming under the Women's Integrated Sexual Health (WISH) program, funded by the United Kingdom's Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office.
- Trial name
- FPIL (NCT07888296)
- Testing
- Self-Managed Contraceptive Care, Standard Family Planning Services (WISH-2)
- Where
- South Sudan
- Volunteers
- 2,736 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Guttmacher Institute
Connecting Patients to Self-care Resources
Impact of the CommunityRx Program on Health, Service Utilization and Costs
The CommunityRx system generates patient-centered e-prescriptions for community services (HealtheRx) via an interface between the electronic health records (EHR) and a comprehensive community resource database.
- Trial name
- NCT02411409
- Testing
- HealtheRx
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 113,295 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Health Behavior, Chronic Disease
Marketing Workplace Chronic Disease Prevention
The objective of the project is to understand how best to help mid-size employers adopt evidence-based chronic disease prevention practices that improve employee health behaviors.
- Trial name
- NCT00452816
- Testing
- Workplace Solutions Consulting approach, Delayed intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
After-hours Care
Differentiated Access to Out-of-hours Primary Care Through Emergency Access
The purpose of this randomized controlled trial is to test the use of an emergency button that allows patients to jump the telephone waiting line at the out-of-hours primary care in two regions in Denmark if they perceive their…
- Trial name
- Akutknappen (NCT02572115)
- Testing
- Akutknappen - used, Akutknappen - not used
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 7,385 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
Pregnancy, Maternal Health
Wired Mothers - Use of Mobile Phones to Improve Maternal and Neonatal Health in Zanzibar
Reducing maternal and newborn mortality remains a global challenge. Because obstetric complications cannot be predicted, skilled attendance at the time of delivery and access to emergency obstetric care remain the most effective…
- Conditions
- Pregnancy, Maternal Health, Newborn Death, Health Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT01821222
- Testing
- Wired mothers
- Where
- Tanzania
- Volunteers
- 2,550 people
- Sponsor
- University of Copenhagen
Serious Mental Illness, Tobacco Use Disorder
Facilitation to Increase Tobacco Treatment
Smoking disproportionally impacts Veterans, and VA spends $2.7 billion annually on smoking-related health conditions. Veterans with serious mental illness (SMI) smoke tobacco products at triple the rate of Veterans without any…
- Trial name
- FITT (NCT07455526)
- Testing
- Multi-component facilitation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 65 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Congenital Heart Disease, Transition
Evaluation of Web-based Transition Education to Enhance Transition Readiness
The study looks to learn more about the helpfulness of web-based transition education and its effect on transition readiness and health service utilization in the adolescent and young adult congenital heart disease population.
- Conditions
- Congenital Heart Disease, Transition, Pediatric Congenital Heart Disease
- Trial name
- NCT03303248
- Testing
- Web-based Educational Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 180 people
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan