OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of a quality improvement (QI) plan aimed at primary healthcare teams (PHCTs) to optimise @entity101 control and to compare it with standard clinical care. METHODS: Design Multicentric, non-randomised, quasi-experimental controlled intervention study. Setting 5 PHCTs in the intervention and 13 in the standard care group in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. @entity1 This is a population-based study in which all @entity1 over 18 years of age with a diagnosis of @entity101 before 1 January 2006 were included (n=9877 in the intervention group and n=21   704 in the control group). Intervention A QI plan that targeted primary care professionals. The plan included training sessions, implementation of recommended clinical practice guidelines for the management of @entity101 @entity1 and audit and feedback to health professionals. Main outcome measure Prevalence of @entity101 @entity1 with an adequate blood pressure (BP) control. RESULTS: The adjusted difference between intervention and standard care groups in the odds of BP control was 1.3 (95% CI 1.1 to 1.6, p=0.003). Results of the mixed model on repeated measures showed that, on average, an individual in the intervention group had an increase of 92% in the odds of BP control (OR 1.9, 95% CI 1.7 to 2.1). CONCLUSIONS: The implementation of a QI plan can improve BP control. This strategy is potentially feasible for up-scaling within the existing PHCTs. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov MS: 1998275938244441.

Intervention for control of XXXX in Catalonia, Spain (INCOTECA Project): results of a multicentric, non-randomised, quasi-experimental controlled intervention study.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Participants', 'patients'] @entity101 :: ('MESH:D006973', 'Disease') :: ['hypertensive', 'hypertension']
@entity101 :: (MESH:D006973,Disease) :: ['hypertension']
