A Quality Improvement Plan for Hypertension Control
Information source: Jordi Gol i Gurina Foundation
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Condition(s) targeted: Hypertension
Intervention: Quality Improvement plan for Hypertension Control (Other)
Phase: N/A
Status: Completed
Sponsored by: Jordi Gol i Gurina Foundation Official(s) and/or principal investigator(s): Roser Valles Fernandez, Principal Investigator, Affiliation: Institut Català de la salut
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.
Clinical Details
Official title: A Quality Improvement Plan for Hypertension Control: the INCOTECA Project
Study design: Allocation: Non-Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Subject), Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
Primary outcome: 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: treatment with antihypertensive drugs, number of antihypertensive drugs, assessment of therapeutic compliance
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
Eligibility
Minimum age: 18 Years.
Maximum age: N/A.
Gender(s): Both.
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
Locations and Contacts
SAP Cerdanyola-Ripollet Institut Català de la Salut, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain
Additional Information
describes de procedures to follow management and treatment of hypertensive patients in the study protocol
Starting date: February 2006
Last updated: May 6, 2009
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