Diabetes Training Program for Health Professionals From Hermosillo, Sonora

Knowledge Clinical Trial

Official title:

Diabetes Training Program for Doctors, Nurses and Nutritionists in Primary Health Care in Hermosillo, Sonora

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03672409
• Other study ID #: Centroid
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 5, 2018
• Est. completion date: December 20, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: September 2018
• Source: Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo A.C.
• Contact: Julian Esparza Romero, PhD
• Phone: 526622892400
• Email: julian[@]ciad.mx
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Primary health care is the medical assistance available to all individuals in a community and is considered the core of the health system. Diabetes, among other chronic diseases, is a common reason for medical consultation in primary health care. Worldwide and in Mexico, the prevalence of diabetes has been increasing in recent decades, which also leads to an increase in the number of deaths. On the other hand, the annual cost of medical care for diabetes in the country has increased due to the exacerbation of complications and comorbidities associated, which are presented, among other causes, by a deficiency of knowledge in the diagnosis, evaluation, management and follow-up of type 2 diabetes, of health professionals (doctors, nurses, nutritionists) working in primary health care.

The present study will allow evaluating the effect of a training program, is a single-cohort clinical study with pre- and post-intervention measurements lasting 6 weeks, including the initial and final measurements of health professionals currently working in primary health care of Hermosillo Sonora.

Description:

The study aims to improve knowledge in diabetes through the design and evaluation of a training program in health professionals (doctors, nurses and nutritionists) in primary health care.

The hypothesis of the study is that the training program in diabetes aimed doctors, nurses and nutritionists in primary health care will significantly increase knowledge in diabetes.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 40
• Est. completion date: December 20, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: September 5, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 20 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Physicians, nurses and nutritionists of primary health care in Hermosillo, Sonora.

• Belonging to the health jurisdiction and the general hospital of the state

• That provide consultation to patients with diabetes

• Age 20 years and less than 65

• Desire of participate

• Sign up the consent form

Exclusion Criteria:

• Do not meet the inclusion criteria

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Knowledge

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Intervention in knowledge
The knowledge intervention will be done through four group learning sessions with the objective of significantly increasing diabetes knowledge in health professionals. The learning sessions will be carried out weekly in a period of 4 weeks, with a duration of 60 minutes per session. In addition, two sessions will be held for the evaluation of pre and post intervention knowledge. The learning sessions consist in the diagnosis, evaluation, complications and comorbidities, pharmacological treatment and nutrition in type 2 diabetes.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Mexico	Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo	Hermosillo	Sonora

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo A.C.

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Mexico, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change in knowledge measurements in diabetes by questionnaire	Diabetes training program focused on improving knowledge in primary health care professionals	6 weeks