Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Primary Care Physicians Regarding Common Dermatologic Conditions in Sudan 2024: A Cross Sectional Study
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Dermatological Disorders
- Sponsor
- Afifa Muhammad Alameen Khalifa Alshaykh
- Enrollment
- 178
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Level of knowledge of common dermatological conditions in Sudan
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- last year
Overview
Brief Summary
The goal of this observational study is to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice of primary care physicians regarding the common dermatologic conditions in Sudan. The main question it aims to answer is:
What is the level of knowledge of primary healthcare doctors regarding common dermatological conditions in Sudan? what is the attitude and practice of primary healthcare doctors regarding common dermatological conditions in Sudan?
Detailed Description
Dermatological conditions represent a major global health burden and significant portion of primary healthcare visits. Primary healthcare physicians are the backbone of medical care and they are usually the first responders to deal with skin diseases. Therefore, it is essential for primary care doctors to possess the sufficient knowledge and the best practice to achieve the best possible outcomes. Assessing the knowledge, attitude and practice of doctors will help identify the areas of weakness and address the gaps. Our online based cross-sectional study involved primary healthcare doctors across the 18 states of Sudan. The study utilized multistage sampling to select the participants to fill the online questionnaire that is intended to assess the knowledge of the participants using a photo quiz, the attitude using likert's scale based assessment and the practice. the study explored the factors which may affect the knowledge attitude and practice of doctors like the age, sex, years of clinical experience, and number of cases seen per day.
Investigators
Afifa Muhammad Alameen Khalifa Alshaykh
Medicine Group Leader
Research and Publication office
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Primary care doctors above 23 years of age
- •Work in primary healthcare settings in Sudan during the period of the study.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Doctors less than 23 years of age
- •Not located in Sudan
- •Didn't work in primary care facilities
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Level of knowledge of common dermatological conditions in Sudan
Time Frame: April 2024 - September 2024
The knowledge assessment quiz is scored out of 25 points, scores more than 60% of the correct answers is considered sufficient.
Attitude of primary healthcare doctors regarding common dermatological conditions in Sudan
Time Frame: April 2024 - September 2024
five points likert-scale, 5 for strongly agree, 4 for agree, 3 for neutral, 2 for disagree, and 1 for strongly disagree.