TerminatedNot Applicable

A Cluster Controlled Trial Comparing Three Methods of Disseminating Practice Guidelines for Children With Croup

Started 2000-09

Plain-language summary

The purpose of this study is to identify, from a societal perspective, the costs and associated benefits of three strategies for disseminating and implementing a practice guideline that addresses the management of croup.

Who can participate

Age range0 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Alberta hospitals were rank ordered based on the number of disease episodes and rates of hospitalization for a six-year period. We then approached in this order each of the hospital administrators and clinical staff for permission to include their hospital in our study until a total of 24 hospitals consented Exclusion Criteria: * Refusal by hospital staff to participate in this trial

What they're measuring

Rate of hospital days per 1,000 disease episodes

Trial details

NCT IDNCT00147849

SponsorCanadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

Sponsor typeOTHER_GOV

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

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