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Developing a COVID-19 scoring system for effective and safe triage of patients in primary care

  • Funded by Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMW)
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Grant number: 1.043E+13

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Start & end year

    2020
    2021

  • Funder

    Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMW)

  • Principal Investigator

    Dr DO. Mook-Kanamori MD PhD

  • Research Location

    N/A

  • Lead Research Institution

    Leiden University Medical Center

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Clinical characterisation and management

  • Research Subcategory

    Supportive care, processes of care and management

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    Not applicable

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Unspecified

  • Vulnerable Population

    Unspecified

  • Occupations of Interest

    Physicians

Abstract

At the moment, general practitioner care is still split into two: a non-COVID suspect side and a COVID suspect side. We call this process of separation 'triage'. If a patient has complaints consistent with COVID, the patient will be seen in a special room or with special clothing. We have found that too many patients are being triaged as 'COVID suspected', which puts considerable pressure on healthcare. A rapid test at the door of the practice would have been a nice triage tool. However, we have found that a commonly used antigen rapid test is not sufficiently reliable to make such a distinction in the general practitioner setting. We then developed a new triage system based on the patient's symptoms. This is better able to separate patient flows and will hopefully soon be applied in general practice.