Assessing the performance of primary care doctors for treatment of hypertension and diabetes mellitus after ECHO training program

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Health Condition 1: E70-E88- Metabolic disorders

• Registration Number: CTRI/2024/06/068982
• Lead Sponsor: Dr Rajmohan Panda

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Last Update Posted: 24 June 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot Yet Recruiting
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 0

Inclusion Criteria

QUANTITATIVE COMPONENT (Work Package 2 and 3)

•The participant is carrying a prescription signed by the primary care physician on the date of data collection.

•The participant has consented for participation in the study

Test group:-

1) Baseline – Beneficiaries who have received out-patient consultation for hypertension and/or diabetes from a health facility wherein the Primary Care Physicians are scheduled to undergo scheduled to undergo training through the ECHO program

2) Endline- Beneficiaries who have received out-patient consultation from a health facility where in the Primary Care Physician has undergone training through the ECHO program

Control group-

1) Beneficiaries who have received out-patient consultation for hypertension and/or diabetes on the day of data collection for CMS (hypertension and diabetes mellitus) at a health facility wherein none of the Primary Care Physicians has undergone training through the ECHO program.

QUALITATIVE COMPONENT (only for Work Package 2)-

•Beneficiaries who have received outpatient consultation on the day of data collection for CMS (hypertension and diabetes mellitus) at a health facility from a Primary Care Physician who has undergone training through the ECHO program. This will be done only in the Test Group. S/he has consented to participate

Exclusion Criteria

•QUANTITATIVE COMPONENT

-Pregnant women

-Individuals under 18 years of age

-Individuals without the obvious capacity to provide an informed consent

-Individuals unable to respond in the local language (Bengali/ Tamil) or in English

•QUALITATIVE COMPONENT

-Participants in the quantitative component (exit interview for client satisfaction score) of this study, will be excluded

-Pregnant women

-Individuals under 18 years of age

-Individuals without the obvious capacity to provide an informed consent

-Individuals unable to respond in the local language (Bengali/ Tamil) or in English

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified