Study of the Effectiveness of a Computer Decision Support System to Improve Physicians' Screening for Autism (CAAC)

Indiana University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Healthy Children Undergoing Routine Care; Children With Autism

Treatments: Other: Computer based care reminders

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01612897

R01HS018453

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators hypothesize that children seen in a clinic that uses a compute based system known as CHICA, which reminds pediatricians to screen at defined time point for autism, will be screened more consistently for autism and receive more timely diagnostic a treatment services.

Full description

To be eligible for this trial, participants must receive their care at one of four primary care clinics in Indianapolis where the CHICA system is used.

Enrollment: 368 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 17 months to 4 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Previously healthy children receiving routine care in one of four clinics in Indianapolis who participate in this study.

Exclusion criteria

• Previously known autism spectrum disorders or other causes of developmental delay

Trial design

Primary purpose: Screening

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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368 participants in 2 patient groups

Computer based reminders to MD

Experimental group

Description:

Children in this arm attend a clinic that is randomly assigned to receive physician alerts to screen appropriate children for autism.

Treatment:

Other: Computer based care reminders

Usual care arm

No Intervention group

Description:

Children in this are receive usual care from a clinic randomly chosen to serve as a control.