Clinical trials: Healthcare Quality
Massage Therapy, Health-care Workers
Can Massage During One Year Improve Health in Health-care Providers Working in Hospital
The overall aim of this pilot study is to investigate the effect, "feasibility" and experiences of regular massage over 12 months on the mental and physical health of healthcare professionals, as well as the frequency of layoffs…
- Conditions
- Massage Therapy, Health-care Workers, Quality of Life, Psychological Distress
- Trial name
- NCT05555082
- Testing
- Massage
- Where
- 2 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Linkoeping
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Coronary Artery Disease
Optimizing Audit and Feedback for Primary Care
There remains a large gap between ideal and actual care provided to patients with chronic diseases. Performance feedback reports are often used as a foundation for quality improvement interventions.
- Trial name
- NCT00996645
- Testing
- Worksheet to facilitate goal-setting and action plans
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 55 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Diabetes
A Study of the Effect of a Chronic Disease Management System on Diabetes Care Within Multidisciplinary Primary Care Practices in Ontario
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of using a web-based (P-PROMPT) chronic disease management system (CDMS) by primary care practitioners and their team members and on their care for patients with diabetes.
- Trial name
- NCT00914706
- Testing
- P-PROMPT
- Where
- 6 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 39 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton
Low Level Light Therapy
Exploring the Effectiveness of LED Phototherapy on Common Symptoms Among Elderly in Long-Term Care Institutions
The world is facing rapid population aging, the health needs of the elderly are complex, and their physical capabilities are degraded, and increased the possibility of having one or more chronic conditions.
- Trial name
- NCT04202900
- Testing
- phototherapy protocol
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Myocardial Infarction, Diarrhea (Dysentery)
Improving the Quality of Private Sector Health Care in West Bengal
The rural healthcare market in much of the developing world is composed largely of informal private providers. These private providers often have little to no certifiable medical training.
- Conditions
- Myocardial Infarction, Diarrhea (Dysentery), Asthma
- Trial name
- NCT02291575
- Testing
- Training, Control
- Volunteers
- 304 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab
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
Quality of Health Care
Use of Facility Ratings to Improve Satisfaction With Heath Care for Children
Despite increasing options for public and private health care providers in Laos, choosing a high-quality health provider or a facility is difficult because timely and reliable information about providers is not readily available.
- Trial name
- NCT06304831
- Testing
- Quality ratings of health care providers for children
- Where
- Laos
- Volunteers
- 559 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute
Hematopoietic and Lymphoid Cell Neoplasm, Malignant Solid Neoplasm
Evaluation of Satisfaction With Quality of Care on the Palliative Care Unit
This study examines the difference between the quality of care patients receive with palliative care consult services and the palliative care unit.
- Trial name
- NCT02686411
- Testing
- Survey Administration
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 35 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Quality of Life
Preventive Program for Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders
Introduction: Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders (WMSDs) are characterized by inflammation of muscles, tendons, fascia and nerves of upper limbs, shoulder girdle and neck.
- Trial name
- NCT02552680
- Testing
- Exercise, Guideline, Brochure
- Volunteers
- 54 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
Quality of Life
Temporally-Oriented Subjective Well-being Across Transitions-Resources & Outcomes
As individuals age, they undergo transitions in many aspects of their lives. These transitions include social, economic and health transitions. People review their lives, and reflect on past choices.
- Trial name
- LIFT (NCT01583946)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 793 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Lumbar Degenerative Disease, Shared Decision Making
Effectiveness of Implementing Shared Decision-Making on Quality of Care Among Patients With Lumbar Degenerative Diseases.
Background: Shared decision making (SDM) is a patient-centered and evidence-based model of clinical decision making. The feature of SDM is that clinicians work together with patients to plan the most appropriate and practical…
- Conditions
- Lumbar Degenerative Disease, Shared Decision Making, Patient Decision Aids, Evidence-based Medicine
- Trial name
- NCT03679494
- Testing
- Shared decision making support tool
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 130 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Taipei Medical University
Interdisciplinary Communication, Management, Medication Therapy
Minimizing Harm From ADEs by Improving Nurse-Physician Communication
The purpose of this research study is to examine the clinical processes of care involved with the sharing and communicating of medication management information in the inpatient setting between nurses, pharmacists and physicians.
- Trial name
- MED-COMM (NCT00574990)
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 39 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Exercise Therapy, Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
Health-Enhancing Adapted Physical Activity Program at "Mon Stade"
Introduction: Regular practice of exercise or physical activity (PA) is a recognized intervention as a determinant of good health acquisition, maintenance, or recovery for a large number of chronic pathologies.
- Conditions
- Exercise Therapy, Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms, Adherence, Patient, Lifestyle, Sedentary
- Trial name
- SESAME (NCT04716322)
- Testing
- Adapted Physical Activity
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 2,024 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mon Stade Sports Medicine Centre
Chronic Disease, Quality of Life
Electronic Patient Reported Outcome (ePRO) Mobile Application Pragmatic Trial
Canadian and international health care systems require solutions on how to address the needs of a relatively small population that take up a large portion of health care resources.
- Trial name
- NCT02917954
- Testing
- ePRO Tool Intervention
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mount Sinai Hospital, Canada
Basal Cell Carcinoma
Basal Cell Carcinoma Chemoprevention Trial
This is an intent-to-treat, parallel design, multicenter randomized trial and the primary intervention is a double-blind comparison of imiquimod (IMQ) vs.
- Trial name
- B3C (NCT05212246)
- Testing
- 5% Imiquimod cream
- Where
- 8 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,630 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Trauma Injury
A Nursing Triage Protocol for Minor Orthopedic Traumata: the Effect on Flow Time, Quality of Care and Patient Satisfaction in an Emergency Department
In 2019, nearly half of all hospital contacts in Belgium took place through the emergency department, and more than a third of patients arrived after an accident or trauma.
- Trial name
- TRINU-RX (NCT05765045)
- Testing
- Nursing triage protocol
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 220 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universiteit Antwerpen
Mental Health Care, Sexual Health Quality of Life
Self-efficacy and Knowledge (SEEK) Trial to Improve Sexual Reproductive Health and Well-being for Syrian Refugee Women and Girls in Lebanon
This community-based randomized controlled trial (RCT) aims to evaluate a low-resource/low-intensity integrated sexual reproductive health (SRH) and wellbeing intervention package.
- Conditions
- Mental Health Care, Sexual Health Quality of Life, Family Planning Services
- Trial name
- SEEK (NCT07008950)
- Testing
- The Self-Efficacy and Knowledge Trial
- Where
- Lebanon
- Volunteers
- 485 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- American University of Beirut Medical Center
Sleep Quality, Well-being
Light in Healthcare Environment (Ljus i sjukhusmiljö)
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if light can enhance the feeling of well-being and sleep quality in Radiographers. It will also find out if there is an optimal recipe for light.
- Conditions
- Sleep Quality, Well-being, Melatonin, Cortisol
- Trial name
- LIS (NCT06687304)
- Testing
- Light enhancement
- Where
- 3 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Lund University
Dental Implant
Evaluation of Implants Placed in the Regular Dentist's Practice
This study is an evaluation of the implants placed in a regular dentist's practice regarding: gingiva condition stability of implant prothetic quality questionnaires for the patients
- Trial name
- NCT00286533
- Testing
- Clinical examination (implant stability, gingiva condition, etc.), Questionnaires
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Ghent
Colorectal Neoplasms
Screening of Colorectal Cancer in the Public Healthcare Sector in Argentina
Introduction: Early detection of certain types of cancer significantly increases the likelihood of successful treatment and reduces mortality from these causes.
- Trial name
- NCT04293315
- Testing
- Improvement Cycles
- Where
- Argentina
- Volunteers
- 1,520 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy