Status:

UNKNOWN

The Use of a Monitoring Device by General Practitioners During Out-of-hours Care

Lead Sponsor:

KU Leuven

Conditions:

Emergencies

Heart Failure

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

All calls that end up on the out-of-hours general practitioners' service (OHGPS), which contain a demand for an urgent home visit, are passed on to the on-call general practitioner (GP). These calls a...

Detailed Description

INTRODUCTION Calls to an out-of-hours general practitioner's service (OHGPS) for an emergency could originate from different types of callers. Based on the information provided over the phone, it is s...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • From the calls at the 112-1733 dispatch sent to the OHGPS dispatch centre, those for whom the decision by the OHGPS dispatcher is to send a GP for an urgent home visit.
  • All GPs on duty and chauffeurs of the OHGPS in Belgium, present during the study period are recruited after signing an ICF. GPs' age, gender and years of practice will be recorded.
  • All patients 18 years and older, for whom a home visit is requested, seen by a participating GP and if the informed consent form is signed either by the patient or by the legal representative, either onsite or at a later time.

Exclusion

  • Patients younger than 18 years
  • Patients not seen during home visits,
  • Patients failed to provide informed consent
  • Patients with an acute trauma but not in a possible life-threatening situation (e.g. a broken bone)
  • Victims found lying on the street
  • Patients seen after the intervention of an ambulance, a Primary Intervention Team (PIT) or a Medical Emergency Team (MET)
  • Patients not meeting inclusion criteria
  • Patients refusing to participate

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

May 1 2022

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 1 2022

Estimated Enrollment :

866 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT05222711

Start Date

May 1 2022

End Date

December 1 2022

Last Update

February 3 2022

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CatholicULeuven

Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium, 3000