Development, Implementation and Evaluation of the Impact of a Guideline in Clinical Practise for Cardiovascular Risk

January 4, 2011 updated by: Gerencia De Atencion Primaria Area 2 De Madrid

Development, Implementation and Evaluation of the Impact of a Guideline in Clinical Practise for Cardiovascular Risk.

The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of a clinical guideline in cardiovascular risk, with a local adaptation model of the existing guidelines in clinical practise at present, of each of the different cardiovascular risk factors, and the implementation strategy.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

With this objective this study will be developed in three diferent phases. The guideline in clinical practice elaboration. It will be based in evidence medicine and it will be adapted based in the cardiovascular risk factors guidelines published at the present.

The spreding and implementation of the guideline between the sanitarians, as much in primary medicine as in specialised area, involved in the care of the patient in cardiovascular risk, in the Area 2 in Madrid.

And the evaluation of the implementation strategy, used between the primary care physicians.

For the local adaptation, will be used a systematic review of the different guidelines in the Spanish and international literature, published in the last years about this topic.

The ones with better quality criteria will be selected and doctors and nurses related from different specialities, involved in the cardiovascular illness, as much as members of the staff of the medical management an nursery, will be invited to participate in the selection of the recommendations of the guides and in the search of the consensus. After that, this guide will be given to a group of patients, who will be asked for a critical approach and their suggestions will be applied.

The evaluation will be done with a clinical trial designe , testing the use of the guide and its results on health intermediary variables. With this objective the results with an implementation technique based on opinion leaders plus computer reminder, will be evaluated, instead of using the standard implementation.

Study Type

Interventional

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
      • Madrid, Spain, 28009
        • Gerencia de Atención Primaria del área 2

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

14 years and older (Child, Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • patients whose health cards showed them to belong to the studied health area

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Clinical history have not opened in the health center or this one is empty

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: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Triple

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Implementation
Other: Implementation
Active Comparator: dissemination
Other: dissemination

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Gerencia De Atencion Primaria Area 2 De Madrid

Collaborators

Health Research Fund of ISCIII Spain

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Blanca Novella, MD. pHD, Gerencia de Atención Primaria del área 2

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

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

January 1, 2004

Primary Completion (Actual)

April 1, 2006

Study Completion (Actual)

July 1, 2010

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 4, 2011

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 4, 2011

First Posted (Estimate)

January 5, 2011

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

January 5, 2011

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 4, 2011

Last Verified

January 1, 2011

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • PI031216

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