Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Primary Care Physicians Regarding Common Dermatologic Conditions in Sudan 2024: A Cross Sectional Study
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 178
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Level of knowledge of common dermatological conditions in Sudan
研究概览
简要总结
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?
详细描述
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.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Other
- 时间视角
- Cross Sectional
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 23 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Primary care doctors above 23 years of age
- •Work in primary healthcare settings in Sudan during the period of the study.
排除标准
- •Doctors less than 23 years of age
- •Not located in Sudan
- •Didn't work in primary care facilities
结局指标
主要结局
Level of knowledge of common dermatological conditions in Sudan
时间窗: 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
时间窗: 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.
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Afifa Muhammad Alameen Khalifa Alshaykh
Medicine Group Leader
Research and Publication office