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

King Khalid University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Diabete Mellitus

Treatments: Behavioral: Diabetes Continuing Education Intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04027062

KingKalidU

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full 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.

Enrollment: 65 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 24+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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65 participants in 1 patient group

Diabetes Continuing Education Program

Other group

Description:

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)

Treatment:

Behavioral: Diabetes Continuing Education Intervention