Impact of Diabetes Continuing Education on Primary Health Care Physicians' Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 入组人数
- 65
- 主要终点
- Percent of change of knowledge, attitude and practice of primary healthcare physicians
研究概览
简要总结
The main objective is to evaluate the effectiveness of a continuing education program on the Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of primary health care physicians towards a high quality of diabetes care in Aseer region, Saudi Arabia.
详细描述
Background:
Diabetes is one of the rapidly growing chronic health conditions across the world. Healthcare providers still continue to face difficulties in delivering optimal care and education worldwide. Thus, continuing education is needed to improve Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of physicians.
Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of a continuing education (CE) program on the Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of primary health care physicians (HCPs) towards a high quality of diabetes care.
Design and Methods:
This is a quasi-experimental design composed of pre-test post-test uncontrolled experimental design. The study will include all PHC physicians registered in health sectors of Abha and Khamis Musheet cities, Aseer Region. The physicians will be invited to attend a CE program. All participants will fill out a questionnaire before and after the intervention. The change in knowledge and attitudes of the participants will be measured at the end of the program. After 4 months, the practice of physicians will be assessed through retrospective review of patient's files.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 24 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •all PHC physicians registered in health sectors of Abha and Khamis musheet cities, Aseer Region
- •willing to provide informed consent to participate in the study
排除标准
- •physicians worked at hospital
- •other health care professional (non-physicians)
研究组 & 干预措施
Diabetes Continuing Education Program
the physicians will be assessed before and after intervention
the intervention group will be enrolled to the intervention program proposed to be (lecture + interactive workshop + group discussion + role play)
干预措施: Diabetes Continuing Education Intervention (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
Percent of change of knowledge, attitude and practice of primary healthcare physicians
时间窗: 4 months
the primary outcome will be the difference between pre- and post-intervention regarding knowledge, attitude and practice of primary healthcare physicians. the knowledge and attitude will be assessed by questionnaire while the practice will be assessed through a retrospective review of patient's files.
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Hosam Almetahr
Principal Investigator
King Khalid University