Integrated Infectious Disease Capacity-Building Evaluation (IDCAP)
Cost Effectiveness of Building Capacity of Mid-level Practitioners in Sub-Saharan Africa for the Care and Prevention of HIV, Tuberculosis, Malaria and Related Infectious Diseases
Studieoversigt
Status
Status
Betingelser
Betingelser
Intervention / Behandling
Intervention / Behandling
Detaljeret beskrivelse
Undersøgelsestype
Undersøgelsestype
Tilmelding (Faktiske)
Tilmelding
Fase
Fase
- Ikke anvendelig
Kontakter og lokationer
Studiesteder
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Kampala, Uganda
- Infectious Disease Institute, Makerere University
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Deltagelseskriterier
Berettigelseskriterier
Berettigelseskriterier
Aldre berettiget til at studere
- Barn
- Voksen
- Ældre voksen
Tager imod sunde frivillige
Køn, der er berettiget til at studere
Beskrivelse
Inclusion Criteria:
Facilities selected for OSS:
- The health facility had to be a HC IV or comparable facility such as a small general hospital or non-governmental organization clinic
- It had to be an active ART site or accredited ART site that is scheduled to become active by April 2009
- No past or current participation in a partnership with the U.S. Department of Defense
- Has a population of potential patients who are not prisoners
- Representation from all six administrative regions of Uganda
Exclusion Criteria:
- NA
MLP selected from the participating facilities for IMID:
Two mid-level practitioners (clinical officers, nurses, or midwives) who are actively engaged in clinical infectious-disease care will be selected for enrollment in IMID
Studieplan
Hvordan er undersøgelsen tilrettelagt?
Design detaljer
- Primært formål: Sundhedstjenesteforskning
- Tildeling: Randomiseret
- Interventionel model: Parallel tildeling
- Maskning: Ingen (Åben etiket)
Antal våben
Våben og indgreb
Deltagergruppe / ArmDeltagergruppe / Arm |
Intervention / BehandlingIntervention / Behandling |
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Aktiv komparator: OSS Phase 1
Thirty-six sites will receive the On Site Support service (OSS) activities for nine to 15 months; 18 will be randomly assigned to receive the OSS in phase 1
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On-Site-Support (OSS) service training will occur monthly for a period of 9 months.
This training and supervision will support the proper utilization of newly learned clinical skills.
The IMID is a 9-month training program that begins with a three-week course at the Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) in Kampala Uganda.
After the course participants engage in 12 weeks of distance learning followed by a one-week boost course at the IDI.
Then the engage in 12 more weeks of distance learning and a final one-week boost course.
This intervention is offered to two clinicians (clinical officers or registered nurses or midwives) at every OSS Phase 1 and OSS Phase 2 site.
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Aktiv komparator: OSS Phase 2
Thirty-six sites will receive the OSS activities for nine to 15 months; 18 will be randomly assigned to receive the OSS in phase 2 that will serve as a control group in phase 1 and receive OSS nine months later.
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The IMID is a 9-month training program that begins with a three-week course at the Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) in Kampala Uganda.
After the course participants engage in 12 weeks of distance learning followed by a one-week boost course at the IDI.
Then the engage in 12 more weeks of distance learning and a final one-week boost course.
This intervention is offered to two clinicians (clinical officers or registered nurses or midwives) at every OSS Phase 1 and OSS Phase 2 site.
On-Site-Support (OSS) service training will occur monthly for a period of 9 to 15 months.
This training and supervision will support the proper utilization of newly learned clinical skills and continuous quality improvement of processes of care.
For the control group, the OSS training will occur during phase 2, after a randomly assigned wait list control period.
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Hvad måler undersøgelsen?
Primære resultatmål
Primære resultatmål
Resultatmål |
Foranstaltningsbeskrivelse |
Tidsramme |
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Model of Integrated Capacity Building Program
Tidsramme: monthly over 3 years
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The principal output of this evaluation will be a proven model of an integrated capacity-building package for the care and prevention of infectious disease in Africa.
The package will include a single curriculum for MLP and a portfolio of on-site support services founded on Accordia Global Health Foundation's considerable experience in training clinicians in North America and Africa.
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monthly over 3 years
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Competence of individual clinicians
Tidsramme: 3 observations at pre/post IMID and final
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Competence of individual clinicians will be measured by scores on 12 written case scenarios or vignettes.
Three blocks of 4 scenarios each covered different aspects of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and other infectious diseases and included cases involving children, adults, and pregnant women.
Each case scenario addressed 6 principal domains: emergency or danger signs, history and physical examination, laboratory testing, diagnosis or classification of patients' medical problems; initial treatment or referral plan, and evolution of the case over time.
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3 observations at pre/post IMID and final
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Practice of individual clinicians
Tidsramme: Baseline and Endline (9 months)
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Clinical assessments will be conducted by mobile team faculty who will observe individual clinicians during five outpatient visits with children under five years and five HIV clinic visits.
Clinical practice will be assessed on history, physical examination, review of medical records (HIV clinic only), laboratory investigations ordered, diagnosis, treatment prescribed and patient education.
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Baseline and Endline (9 months)
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Clinical performance indicators
Tidsramme: Monthly beginning 5 months before OSS
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54 clinical performance indicators used by the Ministry of Health, the Uganda Malaria Surveillance Program or recommended by international organizations will be used to measure performance in general areas: 1) HIV prevention, 2) HIV care, 3) Antiretroviral therapy, 4) TB/HIV care, 5) Case management of respiratory infections, 6) Case Management of Fever, and 7) Emergency Triage and Treatment.
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Monthly beginning 5 months before OSS
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Sekundære resultatmål
Sekundære resultatmål
Resultatmål |
Foranstaltningsbeskrivelse |
Tidsramme |
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Reduce Infection, Illness, and Mortality Rates
Tidsramme: 3 years
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The population in the areas surrounding the proposed sites will benefit directly from lower infection, illness and mortality rates.
The improved ability of clinic staff to deliver quality prevention and care services will increase access to cost-effective interventions delivered according to national guidelines by 9% to 25% depending on the intervention.
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3 years
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Samarbejdspartnere og efterforskere
Sponsor
Sponsor
Samarbejdspartnere
Samarbejdspartnere
Efterforskere
Efterforskere
- Ledende efterforsker: Marcia Weaver, PhD, University of Washington
- Ledende efterforsker: Sarah Naikoba, BMBCh, MPH, Infectious Disease Institute, Makarere University
Publikationer og nyttige links
Generelle publikationer
- Weaver M, Krieger J, Castorina J, et. al.
- World Health Organization. Generalized Cost-Effeciveness Analysis: A Guide. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2003. Available online at: http://www.who.int/choice/en/ Accessed on April 14, 2008.
- The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), Macro International Inc., and MEASURE Evaluation. 2008. Uganda Child Verbal Autopsy Study 2007. Calverton, Maryland, USA: UBOS, Macro International Inc., and MEASURE Evaluation.
- Weaver MR, Crozier I, Eleku S, Makanga G, Mpanga Sebuyira L, Nyakake J, Thompson M, Willis K. Capacity-building and clinical competence in infectious disease in Uganda: a mixed-design study with pre/post and cluster-randomized trial components. PLoS One. 2012;7(12):e51319. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051319. Epub 2012 Dec 14.
Datoer for undersøgelser
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Studiestart
Studiestart
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Studieafslutning (Faktiske)
Studieafslutning
Datoer for studieregistrering
Først indsendt
Først indsendt
Først indsendt, der opfyldte QC-kriterier
Først indsendt, der opfyldte QC-kriterier
Først opslået (Skøn)
Først opslået
Opdateringer af undersøgelsesjournaler
Sidste opdatering sendt (Skøn)
Sidste opdatering sendt
Sidste opdatering indsendt, der opfyldte kvalitetskontrolkriterier
Sidste opdatering indsendt, der opfyldte kvalitetskontrolkriterier
Sidst verificeret
Sidst verificeret
Mere information
Begreber relateret til denne undersøgelse
Nøgleord
Yderligere relevante MeSH-vilkår
Andre undersøgelses-id-numre
Andre undersøgelses-id-numre
- 42657-EG
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