Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Primary Care Doctors Towards Common Dermatologic Conditions in Sudan

October 27, 2024 updated by: Afifa Muhammad Alameen Khalifa Alshaykh

Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Primary Care Physicians Regarding Common Dermatologic Conditions in Sudan 2024: A Cross Sectional Study

The goal of this observational study is to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice of primary care physicians regarding the common dermatologic conditions in Sudan. The main question it aims to answer is:

What is the level of knowledge of primary healthcare doctors regarding common dermatological conditions in Sudan? what is the attitude and practice of primary healthcare doctors regarding common dermatological conditions in Sudan?

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Detailed Description

Dermatological conditions represent a major global health burden and significant portion of primary healthcare visits. Primary healthcare physicians are the backbone of medical care and they are usually the first responders to deal with skin diseases. Therefore, it is essential for primary care doctors to possess the sufficient knowledge and the best practice to achieve the best possible outcomes. Assessing the knowledge, attitude and practice of doctors will help identify the areas of weakness and address the gaps.

Our online based cross-sectional study involved primary healthcare doctors across the 18 states of Sudan. The study utilized multistage sampling to select the participants to fill the online questionnaire that is intended to assess the knowledge of the participants using a photo quiz, the attitude using likert's scale based assessment and the practice.

the study explored the factors which may affect the knowledge attitude and practice of doctors like the age, sex, years of clinical experience, and number of cases seen per day.

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

178

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

  • Sudan
      • Khartoum, Sudan, 11111
        • Research and publication office

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

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Primary healthcare doctors working in primary care facilities in Sudan

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Primary care doctors above 23 years of age
  • Work in primary healthcare settings in Sudan during the period of the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Doctors less than 23 years of age
  • Not located in Sudan
  • Didn't work in primary care facilities

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

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Level of knowledge of common dermatological conditions in Sudan
Time Frame: April 2024 - September 2024
The knowledge assessment quiz is scored out of 25 points, scores more than 60% of the correct answers is considered sufficient.
April 2024 - September 2024
Attitude of primary healthcare doctors regarding common dermatological conditions in Sudan
Time Frame: April 2024 - September 2024
five points likert-scale, 5 for strongly agree, 4 for agree, 3 for neutral, 2 for disagree, and 1 for strongly disagree.
April 2024 - September 2024

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Afifa Muhammad Alameen Khalifa Alshaykh

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 (Actual)

April 25, 2024

Primary Completion (Actual)

September 1, 2024

Study Completion (Actual)

September 25, 2024

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

October 27, 2024

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 27, 2024

First Posted (Actual)

October 29, 2024

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

October 29, 2024

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 27, 2024

Last Verified

October 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 24003

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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