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- Clinical Trial NCT00820183
A Quality Improvement Plan for Hypertension Control (INCOTECA)
A Quality Improvement Plan for Hypertension Control: the INCOTECA Project
Study Overview
Status
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
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Barcelona
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Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain
- SAP Cerdanyola-Ripollet Institut Català de la Salut
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
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
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 |
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Experimental: quality improvement plan
It will be the group of primary health care teams who will undertake the quality improvement plan for hypertensive patients
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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
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Time Frame |
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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
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every three months, for a whole year
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Time Frame |
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treatment with antihypertensive drugs, number of antihypertensive drugs, assessment of therapeutic compliance
Time Frame: every three months, for a whole year
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every three months, for a whole year
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Collaborators and Investigators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Roser Valles Fernandez, Institut Català de la Salut
Publications and helpful links
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start
Primary Completion (Actual)
Study Completion (Actual)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Estimate)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Estimate)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- RSB_2006
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