An Intervention to Improve Management of Dyslipidemia in Primary Care

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Cardiovascular Disease; Obesity; Dyslipidemia; Diabetes Melletus
• Interventions: Other: Audit; Other: Physician Intervention

• Registration Number: NCT02438943
• Lead Sponsor: The University of The West Indies

Brief Summary

To assess the effectiveness of a clinical audit and physician based intervention in improving the management of dyslipidemia at Health centres in the Southeast Health Region of Jamaica

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2014-02
• Status Verified: 2015-05
• Study First Submitted: 2015-05-05
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-05-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-05-05
• Study First Posted: 2015-05-08
• Last Update Posted: 2015-05-08
• Primary Completion: 2016-12
• Study Completion: 2016-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 500

Inclusion Criteria

• Attended the clinic for at least 18 months
• Is diagnosed with any of hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, stroke, coronary heart disease (including angina, myocardial infarction), congestive cardiac failure or peripheral arterial disease, were eligible to be included in the audit

Exclusion Criteria

• acutely ill or was diagnosed with established kidney disease

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Audit and Physician intervention	Audit	The intervention will comprise the feedback of the results of the baseline audit, training in motivational interviewing for clinic staff, use of a physician reminder stamp in the patients' charts and distribution of patient education cards
Audit and Physician intervention	Physician Intervention	The intervention will comprise the feedback of the results of the baseline audit, training in motivational interviewing for clinic staff, use of a physician reminder stamp in the patients' charts and distribution of patient education cards
Audit only	Audit	The intervention will comprise the feedback of the results of the baseline audit only

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Proportion of persons attending health centers in the Southeast Health region with normal lipid values	1 year

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Proportion of persons attending health centers in the Southeast Health region with normal blood pressure values	1 year
Proportion of persons attending health centers in the Southeast Health region with normal glucose values	1 year

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of the West Indies, mona; 🇯🇲 Kingston, Jamaica