Impact of Medical Education of Physician Action 2

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Spondyloarthritis
• Interventions: Other: Medical education

• Registration Number: NCT02696551
• Lead Sponsor: Shanxi Dayi Hospital

Brief Summary

This is a retrospective and prospective designed study, included hospitals are 1:1 assigned into two groups: ①Interventional hospital, which will receive 3-month medical education; ②Non-interventional hospital, which will not receive 3-month medical education. During 1 month before education, all the electronic records of outpatients and inpatients who visit the included rheumatologists will be collected and the data of test and evaluation results of spondyloarthritis (SpA) patients diagnosed according to new Assessment of Spondylo-Arthritis International Society (ASAS) criteria will be collected from outpatient electronic records and inpatients medical charts; in the 3 months after education, the same data will be collected and compared with the data before education, and the impact of medical education on physician behaviour will be analyzed. Meanwhile, the understanding and acceptance level will be evaluated by the questionnaire, the differences before and after education and the impact of education on physician cognition will be evaluated.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2016-02
• Study First Submitted: 2016-02-23
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-02-25
• Study Start: 2016-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-03-01
• Study First Posted: 2016-03-02
• Last Update Posted: 2016-03-03
• Primary Completion: 2016-09
• Study Completion: 2016-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Interventional hospital	Medical education	Interventional hospital, which will receive 3-month medical education

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Mean of number of positive SpA feature of newly diagnosed patients with inflammatory back pain, before and after the (no-)event	1 month before (no-) education vs. 3 months after (no-) education
Proportion of patients with a image examination of sacroiliitis ( x-rays, CT, or MRI) in the audit period, before and after the (no-)event	1 month before (no-) education vs. 3 months after (no-) education
Proportion of patients with a assessment of disease activity in the audit period, before and after the (no-)event	1 month before (no-) education vs. 3 months after (no-) education

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change of utilization rate of Non Steroidal Anti Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) before and after the (no-)event	1 month before (no-) education vs. 3 months after (no-) education
Proportion of patients with a clear diagnosis (Diagnostic for Spondyloarthritis with new ASAS criteria) or receiving a new diagnosis in the audit period, before and after the (no-)event	1 month before (no-) education vs. 3 months after (no-) education
Change of utilization rate of biological medication before and after the (no-)event	1 month before (no-) education vs. 3 months after (no-) education
Mean of the number of physical examinations of disease activity in the audit period, before and after the (no-)event	1 month before (no-) education vs. 3 months after (no-) education
Change of questionnaire scores of physician in the audit period, before and after the (no-)event	1 month before (no-) education vs. 3 months after (no-) education

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Shanxi Dayi Hospital; 🇨🇳 Taiyuan, Shanxi, China