Impact of General Practice Follow-up on Emergency Hospitalization of Patients Admitted for Chest Pain
For patients and families
In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Data collection.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Chest Pain. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- France
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
This is a prospective observational study carried out in the emergency department of Emile Roux Hospital. Its aim is to compare the medical, psychological and social characteristics of patients followed up by a general practitioner and those without regular follow-up, using an anonymous questionnaire completed by the general practitioner in the emergency department, for patients consulting for the reason "chest pain".
Interventions
- Other Data collection
Some data will be collected for all patients included: medical and family history, chest pain data and medical care data
Primary outcome measures
- Compare the hospitalization rate of patients admitted for chest pain, according to their medical follow-up by a general practitioner. [Time frame: Only once, within 24 hours of admission to the emergency department]
Secondary outcome measures (1)
- Describe the population of patients admitted to the Emile Roux hospital emergency department with chest pain and followed by a general practitioner versus those without medical follow-up. [Time frame: Only once, within 24 hours of admission to the emergency department]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Patient admitted to Emile Roux hospital emergency department with chest pain
- Patient affiliated to the Social security system
- Patient able to give informed non-opposition to participating in research
Exclusion criteria
- Patient under guardianship, curatorship, safeguard of justice or prisoners
- Patient with cognitive disorders
- Pregnant or breast-feeding women
- Refusal to participate
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
Study locations
France · 1 center
- Centre Hospitalier Emile Roux — Le Puy-en-Velay
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06693063 · EDS_2024_douleurthoracique