NCT01515111

Guatemala Internal Medicine Physicians' Knowledge of Non-communicable Disease Clinical Preventive Services

Knowledge and Recommendations on Tobacco Cessation and Other Preventive Interventions Among Internal Medicine Staff in Guatemala Teaching Hospitals

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 394 (actual)
• Sponsor: Unidad de Cirugía Cardiovascular · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

A national cross-sectional survey was conducted to evaluate recommendations on clinical preventive services and additional information on non-communicable disease prevention. Trained surveyors interviewed interns, residents and attendings of the Internal Medicine departments of all teaching hospitals in Guatemala. Analysis compared recommendation practices within and between hospitals.

Detailed description

A voluntary, anonymous, self-completed, cross-sectional survey was administered to all available internal medicine staff in Guatemalan teaching hospitals. The questionnaire included: physician's demographics, work time dedicated to outpatients, knowledge of leading causes of death in Guatemala, guidelines used for non-communicable disease prevention, simulated cases asking for recommendation(s) on different preventive services for asymptomatic adults (i.e. whether they recommended them or not, appropriate frequency and starting age, preferred screening method, and availability of the service(s) at their hospital). The survey also assessed barriers faced in providing adequate services, and opinions on who should implement changes in national health care and in medical education. The answers given by the internal medicine staff were compared with the United States Preventive Services Task Forces (USPSTF) Recommendations and Guatemalan Ministry of Health Guidelines. Analysis compared recommendation practices within and between hospitals.

Conditions

• Non-communicable Diseases

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-04-01
• Primary completion: 2011-08-01
• Completion: 2012-01-01
• First posted: 2012-01-23
• Last updated: 2012-01-23

Locations

10 sites across 1 country: Guatemala