Mobile Application to Improve Nutritional Counseling Provided by Primary Care Physicians for Hypertension.
- Conditions
- Hypertension
- Registration Number
- NCT02249494
- Lead Sponsor
- Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
- Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to investigate whether the use of a mobile app could improve knowledge and practice in nutrition counseling performed by primary care physicians in Brazil.
- Detailed Description
To optimize the nutritional care in the context of the limitations of available time and knowledge in medical practice, the present study proposes to develop a tool of nutritional guidelines for hypertension, easily accessible, based on evidence, and then evaluate its use among primary care physicians registered in a center telehealth. The use of the mobile application tool will aim to improve the nutritional counseling, helping with prevention of other chronic diseases in primary care context.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 110
- primary care physicians registered in TelessaúdeRS (Center for Telehealth)
- primary care physicians who use smartphone or tablet
- not to work in primary care
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change in score of knowledge and ability related to nutritional care. 30 days For each correct answer, participant will get one point on the knowledge test and for each incorrect answer will get 0. Thus, possible scores will range from 69 to 0. Data based on questions about the abilities will be summarized in a qualitative ranking.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Núcleo de Telessaúde Técnico-Científico do Rio Grande do Sul. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
🇧🇷Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Núcleo de Telessaúde Técnico-Científico do Rio Grande do Sul. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul🇧🇷Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil