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Diabetes Training Program for Health Professionals From Hermosillo, Sonora

NCT03672409 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2018-09-14

No results posted yet for this study

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.

Conditions

  • Knowledge

Interventions

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.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo A.C.

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Julian G Esparza Romero, PhD · Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo A.C.

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-09-05
Primary Completion
2018-09-05
Completion
2019-12-20

Countries

  • Mexico

Study Locations

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