Universal Screening for Tuberculosis and Anemia With the CHICA System

Indiana University2,239 enrolled

Overview

The CHICA system is a clinical decision support system that uses adaptive turnaround documents to provide point-of-care information to clinicians. The investigators will be studying whether it can help in the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis and iron deficiency anemia.

The CHICA system is a clinical decision support system that uses adaptive turnaround documents to provide point-of-care information to clinicians. We will be studying whether it can help in the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis and iron deficiency anemia.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

DIAGNOSTIC

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

2,239

Conditions

Tuberculosis Iron Deficiency Anemia

Interventions

CHICA Diagnosis ModuleOTHER

The CHICA module helped to screen and diagnose patients with tuberculosis or iron deficiency anemia

CHICA PlaceboOTHER

This was CHICA without the screening module

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 3 YearsMax age: 11 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: Age 3 to 11 years old and seen in a study clinic Exclusion Criteria: None

Locations (1)

Children's Health Services Research

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Percentage of Patients Screened Positive for One of the Disorders

Time frame: six months

Secondary Outcomes

Percentage of Patients Diagnosed With One of the Disorders

Time frame: six months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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