In:
Revista de Salud Pública, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Vol. 20, No. 6 ( 2018-11-01), p. 711-717
Abstract:
Objective To evaluate the effect of a participative educational intervention on the clinical competence of Mexican family physicians regarding the nutritional management of patients with diabetes mellitus Type 2.Materials and Methods Quasi-experimental study with a before-and-after control group. Convenience sample included 60 family physicians distributed in two social security primary health care units, randomly selected: 30 in the “A” unit and 30 in the “B” unit. Unit “A” was assigned randomly as control group, and “B” unit as intervention group. The intervention consisted of a theoretical-practical course-workshop that lasted six months where real cases were discussed and solved. Clinical competence was evaluated by means of an instrument designed ex professo, with a maximum theoretical value of 100 and 94% reliability according to the Kuder-Richardson test. Medians of clinical competence were compared among groups, before and after intervention, using the Mann-Whitney U test, while frequencies distribution of clinical competence level were analyzed with the Kolmogorov–Smirnov test (p≤0.05).Results Overall medians and intervals for unit “A” were 28 (9-45) pre-intervention and 34 (11-51) pos-intervention, with before-after difference p 〉 0.05; for unit “B”, values were 32 (12-50) pre-intervention, 61 (36-82) pos-intervention, and before-after difference p≤0.05. No significant differences were found among groups pre-intervention (p 〉 0.05), although they were observed pos-intervention (p≤0.05).Conclusions The educational intervention evaluated proved to improve, in a statistically significant way, the overall and by dimensions clinical competence level of Mexican family physicians for nutritional management of patients with diabetes mellitus type 2.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
2539-3596
,
0124-0064
DOI:
10.15446/rsap.v20n6.65550
Language:
Unknown
Publisher:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Publication Date:
2018
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2060572-9
SSG:
7,36
