Effectiveness of a Virtual Intervention for Professionals to Improve Their Attitudes Towards Patient Empowerment.

NCT02757781 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: PI15/00164
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 272
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

The eMPODERA study aims to assess the effectiveness of a Community of Practice (CdP) virtual in improving attitudes of primary care professionals on the empowerment of patients with chronic diseases.

Conditions

Chronic Disease

Keywords

Patient empowerment; Patient involvement; Patient participation; Healthcare professional attitudes; Chronic diseases

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change from Patient-Provider Orientation Scale (PPOS) at 12 months

  PPOS is a questionnaire administrated to healthcare professionals

  At baseline and 12 months

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Change from Patient Activation Measure (PAM) at 12 months

  Baseline and 12 months

Study Arms (2)

Control Group

NO INTERVENTION

Group of healthcare professionals that NOT receive the intervention (community of practice)

Intervention group

EXPERIMENTAL

Group of healthcare professionals that receive the intervention (community of practice)

Behavioral: Community of Practice

Interventions

Community of Practice BEHAVIORAL

The intervention group will be offered participation for 12 months in a virtual CdP based on a web 2.0 platform. The control group will receive usual training.

Also known as: educational intervention

Intervention group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 21 Years - 70 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Clusters:
• Primary Care Centres (PCC) with Electronic Record system with more than 1 year of implementation
• PCC belongs to the Automonous Comunities of Canary Island, Catalonia and Madrid
• Healthcare professionals:
• Acceptance to participate
• stable contract with the Primary care centre
• Physician or Nurses

You may not qualify if:

• Clusters:
• \- Primary Care Centres where its directors do not accept to participate in the trial
• Healthcare professionals:
• Students
• Medical and Nursing residents

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Avedis Donabedian Research Institute: lead
• Servicio Canario de Salud: collaborator
• Gerencia de Atención Primaria, Madrid: collaborator

Related Publications (4)

• Koatz D, Torres-Castano A, Salrach-Arnau C, Perestelo-Perez L, Ramos-Garcia V, Gonzalez-Gonzalez AI, Pacheco-Huergo V, Toledo-Chavarri A, Gonzalez-Pacheco H, Orrego C. Exploring value creation in a virtual community of practice: a framework analysis for knowledge and skills development among primary care professionals. BMC Med Educ. 2024 Feb 7;24(1):121. doi: 10.1186/s12909-024-05061-6.

  PMID: 38326814 DERIVED

• Orrego C, Perestelo-Perez L, Gonzalez-Gonzalez AI, Ballester-Santiago M, Koatz D, Pacheco-Huergo V, Rivero-Santana A, Ramos-Garcia V, Fernandez NM, Torres-Castano A, Bermejo-Caja C. A Virtual Community of Practice to Improve Primary Health Care Professionals' Attitudes Toward Patient Empowerment (e-MPODERA): A Cluster Randomized Trial. Ann Fam Med. 2022 May-Jun;20(3):204-210. doi: 10.1370/afm.2799.

  PMID: 35606139 DERIVED

• Bermejo-Caja CJ, Koatz D, Orrego C, Perestelo-Perez L, Gonzalez-Gonzalez AI, Ballester M, Pacheco-Huergo V, Del Rey-Granado Y, Munoz-Balsa M, Ramirez-Puerta AB, Canellas-Criado Y, Perez-Rivas FJ, Toledo-Chavarri A, Martinez-Marcos M; e-MPODERA group. Acceptability and feasibility of a virtual community of practice to primary care professionals regarding patient empowerment: a qualitative pilot study. BMC Health Serv Res. 2019 Jun 20;19(1):403. doi: 10.1186/s12913-019-4185-z.

  PMID: 31221215 DERIVED

• Gonzalez-Gonzalez AI, Orrego C, Perestelo-Perez L, Bermejo-Caja CJ, Mora N, Koatz D, Ballester M, Del Pino T, Perez-Ramos J, Toledo-Chavarri A, Robles N, Perez-Rivas FJ, Ramirez-Puerta AB, Canellas-Criado Y, Del Rey-Granado Y, Munoz-Balsa MJ, Becerril-Rojas B, Rodriguez-Morales D, Sanchez-Perruca L, Vazquez JR, Aguirre A. Effectiveness of a virtual intervention for primary healthcare professionals aimed at improving attitudes towards the empowerment of patients with chronic diseases: study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial (e-MPODERA project). Trials. 2017 Oct 30;18(1):505. doi: 10.1186/s13063-017-2232-9.

  PMID: 29084597 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Chronic Disease; Patient Participation

Interventions

Early Intervention, Educational

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Disease Attributes; Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Patient Acceptance of Health Care; Treatment Adherence and Compliance; Health Behavior; Behavior

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Child Health Services; Community Health Services; Health Services; Health Care Facilities Workforce and Services; Preventive Health Services

Study Officials

• Carola Orrego, PhD

  Avedis Donabedian Research Institute

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Lilisbeth Perestelo, PhD

  Servicio de Evaluación del Servicio Canario de la Salud

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Ana I Gonzalez, MD

  Unidad de Apoyo Técnico de la Gerencia Asistencial de Atención Primaria de la Comunidad de Madrid

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Carlos Bermejo, RN,Msc

  Unidad de Apoyo Técnico de la Gerencia Asistencial de Atención Primaria de la Comunidad de Madrid

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Carola Orrego, PhD

CONTACT

34 932076608; corrego@fadq.org

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 25, 2016
• First Posted: May 2, 2016
• Study Start: July 1, 2016
• Primary Completion: October 1, 2017
• Study Completion: December 1, 2018
• Last Updated: May 12, 2016

Record last verified: 2016-05

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share