Knowledge and Recommendations on Tobacco Cessation and Other Preventive Interventions Among Internal Medicine Staff in Guatemala Teaching Hospitals
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 394
- 试验地点
- 10
- 主要终点
- Recommendations of clinical preventive services for non-communicable diseases.
研究概览
简要总结
A national cross-sectional survey was conducted to evaluate recommendations on clinical preventive services and additional information on non-communicable disease prevention. Trained surveyors interviewed interns, residents and attendings of the Internal Medicine departments of all teaching hospitals in Guatemala. Analysis compared recommendation practices within and between hospitals.
详细描述
A voluntary, anonymous, self-completed, cross-sectional survey was administered to all available internal medicine staff in Guatemalan teaching hospitals.
The questionnaire included: physician's demographics, work time dedicated to outpatients, knowledge of leading causes of death in Guatemala, guidelines used for non-communicable disease prevention, simulated cases asking for recommendation(s) on different preventive services for asymptomatic adults (i.e. whether they recommended them or not, appropriate frequency and starting age, preferred screening method, and availability of the service(s) at their hospital). The survey also assessed barriers faced in providing adequate services, and opinions on who should implement changes in national health care and in medical education.
The answers given by the internal medicine staff were compared with the United States Preventive Services Task Forces (USPSTF) Recommendations and Guatemalan Ministry of Health Guidelines.
Analysis compared recommendation practices within and between hospitals.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 时间视角
- Cross Sectional
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •All interns, internal medicine residents and attendings (including department director, unit directors and regular attendings) that are currently training or working in an Internal Medicine department in any of the ten teaching hospitals in Guatemala.
排除标准
- •Staff that is on vacations, on sick leave or suspended by any reason.
结局指标
主要结局
Recommendations of clinical preventive services for non-communicable diseases.
时间窗: After accepting to participate in the study, participants will be followed the time necesary to complete the structured questionnaire, an average of 1 hour.
Recommendations on eleven clinical preventive services for non-communicable diseases were evaluated considering: * Whether they recommended them or not * Appropriate frequency and starting age * Preferred screening method * Availability of the service(s) at their hospital
次要结局
- Barriers faced in providing adequate services.(After accepting to participate in the study, participants will be followed the time necesary to complete the structured questionnaire, an average of 1 hour.)
- Opinion on who should implement changes in clinical preventive services provision.(After accepting to participate in the study, participants will be followed the time necesary to complete the structured questionnaire, an average of 1 hour.)
研究者
Juan Enrique Corral
Research Fellow
Unidad de Cirugía Cardiovascular