The Healthcare Professionals and the Leishmaniasis

Knowledge on Leishmaniasis Clinical Trial

Official title:

Leishmaniasis: the Healthcare Professionals' Knowledge in Endemic Area

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01896362
• Other study ID #: CentroPRR-001
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: July 8, 2013
• Last updated: July 8, 2013
• Start date: May 2010
• Est. completion date: May 2011

Study information

• Verified date: July 2013
• Source: Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Brazil: Ethics Committee
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of this work was to investigate the healthcare professionals' knowledge about leishmaniasis in Divinópolis, an endemic county of Minas Gerais state, Brazil.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 228
• Est. completion date: May 2011
• Est. primary completion date: October 2010
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• work in the healthcare centers, in the case of primary care professionals;

• have a university degree for nurses, physicians, dentists and veterinarians;

• be working effectively at the time of the interview;

• accept the terms of the research through written informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

Study Design

Observational Model: Ecologic or Community, Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Knowledge on Leishmaniasis
• Leishmaniasis

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Number of questions correctly answered		up to 1 year	No