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

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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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.

Detailed Description
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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.

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

Conditions
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Diabete Mellitus

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Diabetes Continuing Education Intervention


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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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)

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 24 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Other: Diabetes Continuing Education Program<br>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) | Behavioral: Diabetes Continuing Education Intervention<br>* 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.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Diabetes, Continuing education, Attitude, Practice, Health care physicians