Clinical trials: Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation
Dementia, Dementia, Vascular
Promoting Goals-of-Care Discussions for Patients With Memory Problems and Their Caregivers
The goal of this clinical trial is to improve communication among clinicians, patients with memory problems, and their family members.
- Conditions
- Dementia, Dementia, Vascular, Mixed Dementias, Alzheimer Disease
- Trial name
- PICSI-M (NCT05596760)
- Testing
- Jumpstart Guide
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,802 people
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia (sCAP), Elderly Infection
ESCAPE10: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Outcomes of Severe Community-acquired Pneumonia in Elderly Patients Acquired Pneumonia in Elderly Patients
The ESCAPE 10 study is a multinational, retrospective, observational cohort study that aims to investigate the epidemiology and outcome determinants of severe community-acquired pneumonia (sCAP) in elderly patients (≥65 years).
- Conditions
- Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia (sCAP), Elderly Infection, Community-Acquired Infections, Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation
- Trial name
- ESCAPE10 (NCT07070284)
- Where
- 18 sites in Croatia, France and 4 more
- Volunteers
- 500 people
- Sponsor
- Joan Sabater-Riera
Pain Management, Nursing Homes
Improving Pain Management in Nursing Homes: A Research Project to Enhance Care Practices
This study aims to improve the way pain is managed in nursing homes. It focuses on training staff, creating better systems to track pain, and involving residents and their families in decision-making.
- Conditions
- Pain Management, Nursing Homes, Elderly, Pain
- Trial name
- NCT06984042
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 14 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier de Gonesse
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation
ICP for Patients With Complex Care Needs in Ontario and Alberta, Canada
The Integrated Care Pathway (ICP) model can reduce hospital readmissions and emergency department (ED) visits while improving continuity of care.
- Trial name
- NCT06679309
- Testing
- Integrated care plan
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 2,000 people
- Sponsor
- University of Calgary
Chronic Disease, Neoplasm Metastasis
Facilitating Communication Study
This study is a randomized clinical trial of an intervention to improve outcomes for patients and their family by using ICU nurse facilitators to support, model, and teach communication strategies that enable patients and their…
- Conditions
- Chronic Disease, Neoplasm Metastasis, Lung Neoplasm, Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
- Trial name
- FCS2 (NCT03721952)
- Testing
- Facilitator-Based Intervention
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 977 people
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Healthcare Disparities, Reproductive Health
Evaluating the Mobile Clinic Model as a Means of Increasing Access to Reproductive and Sexual Health
The mobile health clinic evaluation study examines the impact of mobile health clinics on access reproductive and sexual healthcare services in underserved communities. Multiple mobile clinics operating throughout the U.S.
- Conditions
- Healthcare Disparities, Reproductive Health, Sexual Health, Program Evaluation
- Trial name
- MHCE (NCT05013710)
- Testing
- Complete Clinical Interaction
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 10,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Plan A Health, Inc
Health Services Accessibility, Health Behavior
Primary Care Provider Supply and Patient Outcomes
The evidence on how primary care provider supply and skill relates to patient outcomes is limited and inconclusive. The issue of skill is a particularly important one in low-income countries where the shortage of skilled medical…
- Conditions
- Health Services Accessibility, Health Behavior, Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation
- Trial name
- NCT03131193
- Testing
- Physician, Mid-level provider, Conditional Cash Transfer
- Where
- Nigeria
- Volunteers
- 10,852 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- RAND
Health Care Quality, Access and Evaluation
Improved Patient Handoffs to Prevent Sentinel Events
The overall aim of this project is to improve the quality of the handoffs between hospitalists on the general medicine service at Durham Regional Hospital with the intent of improving transitions of care.
- Trial name
- NCT01855646
- Testing
- Structured Sign Out Form
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 4,344 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation, Insurance, Health
Effectiveness of A Health Microinsurance Scheme for Private Primary Care in Malaysia
This is the Phase 3 of a 3 phase study to determine the feasibility, acceptability and effectiveness of a health microinsurance scheme in improving health equity and clinical outcomes for private primary care (PPC) in Kuala…
- Trial name
- HMI (NCT02696174)
- Testing
- HMI
- Volunteers
- 114 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chulalongkorn University
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation, Delivery of Health Care
Improving HIV Screening With Nurse-Based Rapid Testing/Streamlined Counseling
Background: HIV testing is cost-effective in unselected general medical populations, yet testing rates among those at-risk remain low, even among those with regular primary care.
- Conditions
- Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation, Delivery of Health Care, Immune System Diseases, HIV Infections
- Trial name
- NCT00119548
- Testing
- Rates of HIV testing and receipt of results, Sexual risk reduction; HIV knowledge improvement
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 251 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation, Smoking Cessation
PROS Smokebusters: Adolescent Smoking Cessation in Pediatric Primary Care
This is a pilot study addressing office systems and clinician behavior change surrounding smoking cessation interventions for teens.
- Trial name
- NCT00135265
- Testing
- smoking cessation, practice change
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 4,100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Rochester
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation
Prevention of Functional Decline of Aged Women
The objective of this study is to evaluate the capacity of muscular function and articular amplitude in the aged women who participated in the Support Group and its influence on the prevention of function decline of these women.
- Trial name
- Incapacity (NCT00727389)
- Testing
- Physiotherapy
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 31 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Academia Cearense de Odontologia
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation
Medical Education in a Private Hospital
The purpose of this study is to assess patient and companion acceptability of medical education in a non-teaching private hospital
- Trial name
- NCT00627822
- Volunteers
- 209 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Instituto do Cerebro de Brasilia
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation, Smoking Cessation
PROS Brief Smoking Cessation Counseling in Pediatric Practice to Reduce Secondhand Smoke Exposure of Young Children
The investigators' long-term goal is to improve the quality of services targeting the prevention of secondhand smoke (SHS). Their specific aims are to: refine components of office systems and counseling interventions for parental…
- Trial name
- NCT00135213
- Testing
- training in smoking cessation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Rochester
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation
Creation of a PBRN to Study Healthcare Delivery to a Transitioning Community
The purpose of this study is the creation of a PBRN that will comprise primary care providers, community health organizations, community advocates and a research core of two academic institutions in order to study the healthcare…
- Trial name
- NCT00503555
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)