A Quality Improvement Plan for Hypertension Control (INCOTECA)

May 6, 2009 updated by: Fundacio d'Investigacio en Atencio Primaria Jordi Gol i Gurina

A Quality Improvement Plan for Hypertension Control: the INCOTECA Project

The study hypothesis is that the implementation of a plan for quality improvement at the primary care health teams taking care of hypertensive patients, will increase the level of blood pressure control among those patients.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

The study is to compare the results on the hypertension control between two groups of primary health care teams. The intervention group will undertake a quality improvement plan for hypertension control, in which the following aspects will be included in the intervention:

Specific training programme on how to diagnose hypertension , and measure blood pressure correctly To send feed back information to primary care health professionals about poorly controlled hypertensive patients An audit will be performed, every 6 months, to see the adhesion to the recommended clinical guidelines , and the information will be diffused among the participant primary health care professionals Each participant primary health care team will have a designated reference person, that will provide support on any doubts on the programme implementation.

The non intervention group will follow hypertensive patients following the same clinical practice guide as the intervention group, with no intervention on the primary health care professionals

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

34327

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Spain
    • Barcelona
      • Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain
        • SAP Cerdanyola-Ripollet Institut Català de la Salut

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients diagnosed with hypertension before January 1st, 2006
  • Patients assigned at the primary health team participating, and with clinical electronic records

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients diagnosed with hypertension after January 1st, 2006
  • Patients under 18 years of age
  • Patients with a diastolic blood pressure higher than systolic blood pressure as recorded in the clinical records

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: quality improvement plan
It will be the group of primary health care teams who will undertake the quality improvement plan for hypertensive patients
Other: Quality Improvement plan for Hypertension Control

Implementation of a plan of quality improvement addressed to health professionals in Primary Health Care Teams. It includes:

Specific training programme on how to diagnose hypertension , and measure blood pressure correctly To send feed back information to primary care health professionals about poorly controlled hypertensive patients An audit will be performed, every 6 months, to see the adhesion to the recommended clinical guidelines , and the information will be diffused among the participant primary health care professionals Each participant primary health care team will have a designated reference person, that will provide support on any doubts on the programme implementation
No Intervention: non intervention
It will be the group of primary health care teams that will not undertake the quality improvement plan for hypertension control

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
good control of hypertension as a dichotomous variable, based on systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure records over the last 12 months
Time Frame: every three months, for a whole year
every three months, for a whole year

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
treatment with antihypertensive drugs, number of antihypertensive drugs, assessment of therapeutic compliance
Time Frame: every three months, for a whole year
every three months, for a whole year

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Fundacio d'Investigacio en Atencio Primaria Jordi Gol i Gurina

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Roser Valles Fernandez, Institut Català de la Salut

Publications and helpful links

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Helpful Links

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

February 1, 2006

Primary Completion (Actual)

April 1, 2007

Study Completion (Actual)

April 1, 2008

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 9, 2009

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 9, 2009

First Posted (Estimate)

January 12, 2009

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

May 7, 2009

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 6, 2009

Last Verified

January 1, 2009

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • RSB_2006

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