Diagnostic Request Advisory Model

ISRCTN	ISRCTN06490422
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN06490422
Secondary identifying numbers	GREC 01/202

Submission date: 16/02/2006
Registration date: 28/02/2006
Last edited: 18/12/2012

Recruitment status: No longer recruiting
Overall study status: Completed
Condition category: Other

Prospectively registered

Protocol

Statistical analysis plan

Results

Individual participant data

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Contact information

Dr Bernard Croal
Scientific

Department of Clinical Biochemistry
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
Foresterhill
Aberdeen
AB25 2ZD
United Kingdom

Phone	+44 (0)1224 552 507
Email	bernie.croal@nhs.net

Study information

Study design	Cluster randomised controlled trial (2 x 2 factorial).
Primary study design	Interventional
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Study setting(s)	GP practice
Study type	Diagnostic
Scientific title	A cluster randomised trial of the effect of enhanced feedback and brief educational reminder messages on laboratory test requesting in primary care
Study acronym	DRAM
Study objectives	The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of two interventions (enhanced educational audit and feedback and test report reminders) in reducing the number and increasing the appropriateness of general practitioner laboratory test requests, within a factorial randomised controlled trial.
Ethics approval(s)	Approval received from the Grampian Research Ethics Committee on the 6th September 2001 (ref: 01/0202).
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Laboratory test requesting behaviour for nine targeted tests.
Intervention	2 x 2 factorial trial: 1. Test report reminder educational messages and educationally enhanced audit and feedback 2. Test report reminder educational messages and no educationally enhanced audit and feedback 3. Educationally enhanced audit and feedback and no test report reminder educational messages 4. No test report reminder educational messages and no educationally enhanced audit and feedback
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure	Number of tests requested
Secondary outcome measures	Appropriateness of requesting
Overall study start date	01/02/2001
Completion date	01/02/2004

Eligibility

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Adult
Sex	Both
Target number of participants	85 practices, 370 Doctors
Key inclusion criteria	All General Practices and Practitioners in Grampian and Moray Regions of Scotland.
Key exclusion criteria	Does not meet inclusion criteria
Date of first enrolment	01/02/2001
Date of final enrolment	01/02/2004

Locations

Countries of recruitment

Scotland
United Kingdom

Study participating centre

Department of Clinical Biochemistry

Aberdeen
AB25 2ZD
United Kingdom

Sponsor information

University of Aberdeen (UK)
University/education

The Health Services Research Unit
Foresterhill
Aberdeen
AB25 2ZD
Scotland
United Kingdom

Phone	+44 (0)1224 553 909
Email	hsru@abdn.ac.uk
Website	http://www.abdn.ac.uk/hsru/
"ROR"	https://ror.org/016476m91

Funders

Funder type

Charity

The Wellcome Trust (UK) (grant ref: 063790) - Health Services Research Training Fellowship

No information available

Results and Publications

Intention to publish date
Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
IPD sharing plan summary	Not provided at time of registration
Publication and dissemination plan	Not provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan

Study outputs

Output type	Details	Date created	Date added	Peer reviewed?	Patient-facing?
Results article	results	17/06/2006		Yes	No