Impact of Diabetes Continuing Education on Primary Health Care Physicians' Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice

Diabete Mellitus Clinical Trial

Official title:

Impact of Diabetes Continuing Education on Primary Health Care Physicians' Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04027062
• Other study ID #: KingKalidU
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: August 1, 2019
• Est. completion date: January 1, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: July 2019
• Source: King Khalid University
• Contact: Hosam Y Almetahr, MBBS
• Phone: 966545919114
• Email: almetahr11[@]gmail.com
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

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.

Description:

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.

Impact:

Education programs could positively influence the knowledge, beliefs and attitudes of healthcare workers toward a high quality of diabetes care, which in turn plays a major role in improving clinical outcomes.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 65
• Est. completion date: January 1, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: December 1, 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 24 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• 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

Exclusion Criteria:

• physicians worked at hospital

• other health care professional (non-physicians)

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Diabete Mellitus
• Diabetes Mellitus

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Diabetes Continuing Education Intervention
The program will follow the International Curriculum for Diabetes Health Professional Education, which developed by the International Diabetes Federation (IFD) The key components of the proposed program content are Diabetes presentation and complications, Lifestyle, Nutrition, and Fitness. the intervention will be carried out by group of Diabetes educators from a different discipline, such as an Endocrinologist, Family physician, the dietitian will teach the attended physicians.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
King Khalid University

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Percent of change of knowledge, attitude and practice of primary healthcare physicians	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.	4 months