Emergency room Follow-Up: do patients listen?
NCT ID NCT03117179
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looked at whether patients follow the instructions they receive when leaving the emergency department. Researchers interviewed 242 adults by phone one week after their visit to check if they complied with discharge orders. The goal was to understand how well patients follow medical advice after an emergency consultation.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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242 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Nov 2013
- Finished
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Aug 2019
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Major patient not benefiting from any legal protection measures. * Speaking French. * Outgoing after having received a consultation in a hospital emergency department. * Accepting to participate in the study after being informed of the protocol. * Having the possibility to be reached by telephone on J7. Exclusion Criteria: * Patient with a pathology that does not allow him or her to understand instructions or express themselves. * Patient under tutelage or curatorship or deprived of all freedom.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU Amiens Picardie
Amiens, Picardie, 80054, France
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