Impact of Diabetes Continuing Education on Primary Health Care Physicians' Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice

NCT ID: NCT04027062

Last Updated: 2019-07-19

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

65 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-08-01

Study Completion Date

2020-01-01

Brief Summary

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The main objective is to evaluate the effectiveness of a continuing education program on the Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of primary health care physicians towards a high quality of diabetes care in Aseer region, Saudi Arabia.

Detailed Description

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Background:

Diabetes is one of the rapidly growing chronic health conditions across the world. Healthcare providers still continue to face difficulties in delivering optimal care and education worldwide. Thus, continuing education is needed to improve Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of physicians.

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of a continuing education (CE) program on the Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of primary health care physicians (HCPs) towards a high quality of diabetes care.

Design and Methods:

This is a quasi-experimental design composed of pre-test post-test uncontrolled experimental design. The study will include all PHC physicians registered in health sectors of Abha and Khamis Musheet cities, Aseer Region. The physicians will be invited to attend a CE program. All participants will fill out a questionnaire before and after the intervention. The change in knowledge and attitudes of the participants will be measured at the end of the program. After 4 months, the practice of physicians will be assessed through retrospective review of patient's files.

Impact:

Education programs could positively influence the knowledge, beliefs and attitudes of healthcare workers toward a high quality of diabetes care, which in turn plays a major role in improving clinical outcomes.

Conditions

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Diabete Mellitus

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Diabetes Continuing Education Program

the physicians will be assessed before and after intervention

the intervention group will be enrolled to the intervention program proposed to be (lecture + interactive workshop + group discussion + role play)

Group Type OTHER

Diabetes Continuing Education Intervention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The program will follow the International Curriculum for Diabetes Health Professional Education, which developed by the International Diabetes Federation (IFD) The key components of the proposed program content are Diabetes presentation and complications, Lifestyle, Nutrition, and Fitness.

the intervention will be carried out by group of Diabetes educators from a different discipline, such as an Endocrinologist, Family physician, the dietitian will teach the attended physicians.

Interventions

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Diabetes Continuing Education Intervention

The program will follow the International Curriculum for Diabetes Health Professional Education, which developed by the International Diabetes Federation (IFD) The key components of the proposed program content are Diabetes presentation and complications, Lifestyle, Nutrition, and Fitness.

the intervention will be carried out by group of Diabetes educators from a different discipline, such as an Endocrinologist, Family physician, the dietitian will teach the attended physicians.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* all PHC physicians registered in health sectors of Abha and Khamis musheet cities, Aseer Region
* willing to provide informed consent to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria

* physicians worked at hospital
* other health care professional (non-physicians)
Minimum Eligible Age

24 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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King Khalid University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Hosam Almetahr

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Central Contacts

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Hosam Y Almetahr, MBBS

Role: CONTACT

966545919114

Abdullah Alsabaani, ASST PROF

Role: CONTACT

966503082394

Other Identifiers

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KingKalidU

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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