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Table 1 Schedule of assessments

From: Improving quality of care and long-term health outcomes through continuity of care with the use of an electronic or paper patient-held portable health file (COMMUNICATE): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Time point (months)

T0

3

6

9

12

15

18

21

24

27

30

33

36

39

42

45

48

60

72,84

PATIENTS

                   

Demographic information

X

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

X

X

X

Information technology literacy

X

               

X

X

X

Health literacy

X

               

X

X

X

Health and Lifestyle

X

               

X

X

X

Satisfaction with Health Care

X

               

X

X

X

Quality of life/SF-36

X

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

X

X

X

Health Status/Utility/EQ-5D

X

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

X

X

X

Health care utilization

X

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

X

X

X

Satisfaction with Health Professional Communication

X

               

X

X

X

Acceptability of PHFa

X

               

X

  

Patient Compliance with PHFa

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

X

  

Health professionals compliance with PHFa

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

X

  

Hospitalizations and Deathsb

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

X

X

X

Serious out-of-hospital eventsb

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

X

X

X

Medications use

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

X

X

X

Duplicate Investigations

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

X

X

X

Adverse events

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

X

  

Retrieval of PHFc

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

X

  

Exit interviews

                

X

  

HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

                   

Demographic information

X

                  

Acceptability of PHF

X

                  

Satisfaction with Health Professional Communication

X

                  

IT experience

X

                  

Compliance with PHF by patient

                

X

  

Compliance with PHF by health professionals

                

X

  

Adverse events

                

X

  

HEALTH PROFESSIONALS’ MEDICAL RECORDS

                   

Comparison of PHF with health professional medical recordsd

                

X

  

RECORD LINKAGE – DATABASE c

                   

Deaths

                

X

 

X

Overnight Hospitalizations

                

X

 

X

Day Only Hospitalizations

                

X

 

X

Emergency Department Visits

                

X

 

X

Health care utilization- health professional visits

                

X

 

X

Health care utilization-prescription medications

                

X

 

X

  1. aHealth Professional compliance will be done only for his/her patients enrolled in the trial. Subject acceptability, satisfaction and compliance will be done on all PHF subjects. Subject compliance will be undertaken by questionnaire and when the interventions are recalled for data extraction. Control no-PHF subjects will also be contacted and given the opportunity to discuss trial-related activities to reduce bias
  2. bThese assessments will be elicited from the GP and other providers, from subjects or their primary health care givers in real time during the trial. It will be validated by medical record data where possible, then adjudicated by the blinded adjudication committee
  3. cRecord linkage with NSW State and Commonwealth databases when the last subject has exited the randomized component of the trial and again 3 years after the last subject has exited the trial
  4. dGP compliance evaluates data from the medical record with data recorded on the electronic PHF or in the paper PHF