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A Quality Improvement Plan for Hypertension Control (INCOTECA)

Primary Purpose

Hypertension

Status
Completed
Phase
Not Applicable
Locations
Spain
Study Type
Interventional
Intervention
Quality Improvement plan for Hypertension Control
Sponsored by
Fundacio d'Investigacio en Atencio Primaria Jordi Gol i Gurina
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Eligibility
Locations
Arms
Outcomes
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About this trial

This is an interventional health services research trial for Hypertension focused on measuring Hypertension, Intervention, Primary Care, Quality improvement

Eligibility Criteria

18 Years - undefined (Adult, Older Adult)All SexesDoes not accept healthy volunteers

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

Sites / Locations

  • SAP Cerdanyola-Ripollet Institut Català de la Salut

Arms of the Study

Arm 1

Arm 2

Arm Type

Experimental

No Intervention

Arm Label

quality improvement plan

non intervention

Arm Description

It will be the group of primary health care teams who will undertake the quality improvement plan for hypertensive patients

It will be the group of primary health care teams that will not undertake the quality improvement plan for hypertension control

Outcomes

Primary Outcome Measures

good control of hypertension as a dichotomous variable, based on systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure records over the last 12 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

treatment with antihypertensive drugs, number of antihypertensive drugs, assessment of therapeutic compliance

Full Information

First Posted
January 9, 2009
Last Updated
May 6, 2009
Sponsor
Fundacio d'Investigacio en Atencio Primaria Jordi Gol i Gurina
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1. Study Identification

Unique Protocol Identification Number
NCT00820183
Brief Title
A Quality Improvement Plan for Hypertension Control
Acronym
INCOTECA
Official Title
A Quality Improvement Plan for Hypertension Control: the INCOTECA Project
Study Type
Interventional

2. Study Status

Record Verification Date
January 2009
Overall Recruitment Status
Completed
Study Start Date
February 2006 (undefined)
Primary Completion Date
April 2007 (Actual)
Study Completion Date
April 2008 (Actual)

3. Sponsor/Collaborators

Name of the Sponsor
Fundacio d'Investigacio en Atencio Primaria Jordi Gol i Gurina

4. Oversight

Data Monitoring Committee
No

5. Study Description

Brief Summary
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.
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

6. Conditions and Keywords

Primary Disease or Condition Being Studied in the Trial, or the Focus of the Study
Hypertension
Keywords
Hypertension, Intervention, Primary Care, Quality improvement

7. Study Design

Primary Purpose
Health Services Research
Study Phase
Not Applicable
Interventional Study Model
Parallel Assignment
Masking
Participant
Allocation
Non-Randomized
Enrollment
34327 (Actual)

8. Arms, Groups, and Interventions

Arm Title
quality improvement plan
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Description
It will be the group of primary health care teams who will undertake the quality improvement plan for hypertensive patients
Arm Title
non intervention
Arm Type
No Intervention
Arm Description
It will be the group of primary health care teams that will not undertake the quality improvement plan for hypertension control
Intervention Type
Other
Intervention Name(s)
Quality Improvement plan for Hypertension Control
Intervention Description
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
Primary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
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
Secondary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
treatment with antihypertensive drugs, number of antihypertensive drugs, assessment of therapeutic compliance
Time Frame
every three months, for a whole year

10. Eligibility

Sex
All
Minimum Age & Unit of Time
18 Years
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No
Eligibility Criteria
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
Overall Study Officials:
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
Roser Valles Fernandez
Organizational Affiliation
Institut Català de la Salut
Official's Role
Principal Investigator
Facility Information:
Facility Name
SAP Cerdanyola-Ripollet Institut Català de la Salut
City
Cerdanyola del Vallès
State/Province
Barcelona
Country
Spain

12. IPD Sharing Statement

Links:
URL
http://www.gencat.cat/ics/professionals/guies/hipertensio/hipertensio.htm
Description
describes de procedures to follow management and treatment of hypertensive patients in the study protocol

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