A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of an Intervention to Improve the Management of Dyslipidemia in Primary Care
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Enrollment
- 500
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Proportion of persons attending health centers in the Southeast Health region with normal lipid values
Study Overview
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
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Health Services Research
- Masking
- Single (Participant)
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to 80 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
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
Arms & Interventions
Audit and 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
Intervention: Audit (Other)
Audit and 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
Intervention: Physician Intervention (Other)
Audit only
The intervention will comprise the feedback of the results of the baseline audit only
Intervention: Audit (Other)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Proportion of persons attending health centers in the Southeast Health region with normal lipid values
Time Frame: 1 year
Secondary Outcomes
- Proportion of persons attending health centers in the Southeast Health region with normal glucose values(1 year)
- Proportion of persons attending health centers in the Southeast Health region with normal blood pressure values(1 year)