Levels of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Intervention in Hospitalized Patients (NIT)

Consorci Sanitari de l'Alt Penedès i Garraf

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Acute Disease

Treatments: Other: Usual clinical practice; Other: Levels of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Intervention tool by Fontecha and col.

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06315842

CSAPG-44

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of this clinical trial is to investigate the impact of implementing a tool for adjusting the level of diagnostic and therapeutic intensity in the clinical practice of physicians attending hospitalized patients.

The goal of this clinical trial is to investigate the impact of a tool for adjusting diagnostic and therapeutic intensity in hospitalized patients. The main question it aims to answer is: Is there a difference in patient mortality when using the aforementioned tool? The participating physicians will be grouped into 4 groups (5 physicians each). Each group will progressively (every 3 months) incorporate the use of the aforementioned tool into their usual clinical practice.

Enrollment: 20 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Physician belonging to the non-surgical medical area.
• Routine clinical activity on a hospital ward caring for hospitalized patients.

Exclusion criteria

• Physician belonging to the Oncology-Hematology/Palliative Care Hospitalization Unit.
• Refusal to participate in the study.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Sequential Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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20 participants in 2 patient groups

Levels of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Intervention tool

Experimental group

Description:

Medical doctors assigned to this group will incorporate a Levels of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Intervention tool into their clinical practice

Treatment:

Other: Levels of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Intervention tool by Fontecha and col.

Usual clinical practice

Active Comparator group

Description:

Medical doctors assigned to this group will continue their clinical practice as usual

Treatment:

Other: Usual clinical practice