Clinical trials: Quality of Health Care
Mental Disorders
Reducing Stigma Among Healthcare Providers to Improve Mental Health Services
A growing number of trials have demonstrated treatment effectiveness for people with mental illness (PWMI) by non-specialist providers, such as primary care and community health workers, in low-resource settings.
- Trial name
- RESHAPE-mh (NCT02793271)
- Testing
- RESHAPE, PRIME/mhGAP
- Where
- Nepal
- Volunteers
- 88 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brandon A Kohrt, MD, PhD
Quality Improvement
Developing a Practice-Based Learning and Improvement Quality Improvement (QI) Systems Impact Assessment Questionnaire
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) acknowledged the changing needs of physicians in training when it endorsed practice-based learning and improvement (PBLI) -- a competency that is typically omitted…
- Trial name
- NCT00754377
- Testing
- PBLI Curriculum
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 92 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Headaches
Tailored Internet Information Supply for Patients - Part 2
Medical expert systems in combination with portal searching meta-search engines are exploited to provide reliable patient-tailored information.
- Trial name
- NCT00921453
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 140 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Health & Life Sciences University, Tryol
Patient Engagement, Patient Preference
Increasing Decision Quality for Men With Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms
In this study, the investigators show that by upskilling of primary care physicians (PCPs) in SDM and leveraging on a novel pictorial Visual Analogue Uroflowmetry Score (VAUS), they can enhance older men's recognition of LUTS and…
- Trial name
- NCT04851275
- Testing
- Physicians trained in shared decision making, Physicians were not trained in shared decision making
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- SingHealth Polyclinics
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
Empathy, Sleep
PAIN Empathy Assessment in Sleep Deprived Emergency & Acute Care Clinicians
Cognitive Empathy is relevant in clinical practice and will be assessed based on the accuracy of pain recognition and the pain intensity evaluation in a computerised task using facial expressions.
- Conditions
- Empathy, Sleep, Pain
- Trial name
- PAIN-EASE (NCT05235035)
- Testing
- Night shift work
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Claude Bernard University
Colonoscopy
Implementation of Evidence Based Practices for Colonoscopy: The Strategies to Improve Colonoscopy Study
The purpose of this study is to compare the effect of physician education about evidence based practices for colonoscopy alone, versus physician education plus a multi-component staff implementation strategy to improve adequacy…
- Trial name
- STIC (NCT02723370)
- Testing
- Staff multi-component implementation strategy
- Volunteers
- 46,184 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Sleep Insufficiency
A Personalized Mind-Body Intervention (MBI) for Improving Sleep Among Women Working in Healthcare
The goal of this pilot study is to determine if a personalized trial testing a Mind-Body Intervention (MBI) can produce a meaningful increase in the average daily sleep duration among women 40-60 years of age working in…
- Trial name
- NCT05789212
- Testing
- Personalized Trial ABCCBA, Personalized Trial CBAABC
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwell Health
Hearing Loss, Bilateral or Unilateral
How Parents, Children, and Clinicians Experience Digital Health Tools in Pediatric Audiology
The goal of this observational study is to understand how children with hearing loss, their parents, and health care providers experience digital health questionnaires that are completed before audiology follow-up appointments.
- Trial name
- NCT06943976
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Erasmus Medical Center
Work Stress
Construction and Validation of a Stress Scale Specific to ICUs: Perceived Stressors in Intensive Care Units (PS-ICU)
This study aims to construct and validate an international professional perceived stress scale specific to intensive care units: the PS-ICU Scale (Perceived Stressors in Intensive Care Units).
- Trial name
- PS-ICU (NCT02853851)
- Testing
- interviews
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besancon
Healthcare Workers, Stress Level
Effects of VR-based Respiratory Training on Motor Reaction Time and Correctness, Stress Levels, Attention, Motor Skills, Postural Stability and Sleep Quality in Shift Healthcare Workers
This study investigates the effects of virtual reality (VR)-based respiratory training on various physiological and cognitive functions in shift-working healthcare professionals, including paramedics and nurses.
- Conditions
- Healthcare Workers, Stress Level, Emergency Department, Shift Work Sleep Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT06926257
- Testing
- Experimental group (B) - breathing training using VR, Experimental group (C) - breathing training using relaxation music
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Poznan University of Physical Education
Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Prevention and Intensive Care Nursing Care
Theory-Based Educational Program for VAP Prevention and Nursing Care in Intensive Care Units
Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is an important challenge in intensive care and requires nurses to apply evidence-based preventive practices consistently in mechanically ventilated patients.
- Trial name
- TSEP-VAP-2026 (NCT07820826)
- Testing
- Theory-Based Structured Educational Program, Usual Care
- Where
- Jordan
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- JAWAD AHMAD ABU-SHENNAR
Hypertension, Hyperlipidemia
Prioritized Clinical Decision Support (CDS) to Reduce Cardiovascular Risk
The objective of this project is to develop and implement sophisticated point-of-care Electronic Health Record (EHR)-based clinical decision support that (a) identifies and (b) prioritizes all available evidence-based treatment…
- Conditions
- Hypertension, Hyperlipidemia, Diabetes, Smoking
- Trial name
- NCT01420016
- Testing
- Prioritized Clinical Decision Support
- Volunteers
- 7,914 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- HealthPartners Institute
Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension
A Quality Improvement Process to Support Delivery of Cardiovascular Care in Community Mental Health Organizations
This pilot study will examine whether an implementation strategy will improve delivery of evidence-based care for cardiovascular risk factors for people with serious mental illness.
- Conditions
- Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension, Dyslipidemias
- Trial name
- NCT04696653
- Testing
- Comprehensive Unit Based Safety Program (CUSP)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 85 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
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
Elder Mistreatment, Elder Abuse
Knowledge and Interpersonal Skills to Develop Enhanced Relationships (KINDER)
The Knowledge and Interpersonal Skills to Develop Enhanced Relationships (KINDER) intervention was developed to prevent psychological elder abuse (EA) and promote high-quality caregiving by lowering relationship strain and…
- Conditions
- Elder Mistreatment, Elder Abuse, Quality of Care, Dementia
- Trial name
- KINDER (NCT07216950)
- Testing
- Knowledge and Interpersonal Skills to Develop Enhanced Relationships, Healthy Living for the Caregiver
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 260 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Case Western Reserve University
Liver Transplantation
Using Smartphone Application After Liver Transplantation
The aim of this randomized controlled clinical study was a study that could facilitate the management of immunosuppressive therapy, including information specific to liver transplant patients, to increase immunosuppressive…
- Trial name
- NCT05854472
- Testing
- smartphone based application use
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 55 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi
Primary Care
Relisten: Enhancing Care Quality and Saving Time With Automatic Clinical Note Generation in Primary Care
Background: Relisten is an artificial intelligence-based software developed by Recog Analytics that improves patient care by facilitating more natural interactions between healthcare professionals and patients.
- Trial name
- Relisten (NCT06618092)
- Testing
- Relisten
- Where
- 6 sites in Spain
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fundacio d'Investigacio en Atencio Primaria Jordi Gol i Gurina
Oral Health
The Effectiveness of Lay Health Advisors Strategy Intervention on Aborigines Elderly Oral Care Education
In the present study, the investigators aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of community-based oral exercise with LHA intervention on the oral health-related quality of life, oral function and oral self-care behaviors.
- Trial name
- NCT05046210
- Testing
- LHA intervention, Oral exercise intervention
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 240 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital
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)