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Confidence and quality in managing CKD compared with other cardiovascular diseases and diabetes mellitus: a linked study of questionnaire and routine primary care data

Tahir, MA; Dmitrieva, O; de Lusignan, S; van Vlymen, J; Chan, T; Golmohamad, R; Harris, K; Tomson, C; Thomas, N; Gallagher, H (2011) Confidence and quality in managing CKD compared with other cardiovascular diseases and diabetes mellitus: a linked study of questionnaire and routine primary care data. BMC FAMILY PRACTICE, 12 (83). pp. 1-9. ISSN 1471-2296 https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-12-83
SGUL Authors: De Lusignan, Simon

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Abstract

Background: Much of chronic disease is managed in primary care and chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a recent addition. We are conducting a cluster randomised study of quality improvement interventions in CKD (QICKD) - Clinical Trials Registration: ISRCTN56023731. CKD registers have a lower than expected prevalence and an initial focus group study suggested variable levels of confidence in managing CKD. Our objective is to compare practitioner confidence and achievement of quality indicators for CKD with hypertension and diabetes. Method: We validated a new questionnaire to test confidence. We compared confidence with achievement of pay-for-performance indicators (P4P) and implementation of evidence-based guidance. We achieved a 74% (148/ 201) response rate. Results: 87% (n = 128) of respondents are confident in managing hypertension (HT) compared with 59% (n = 87) in managing HT in CKD (HT+CKD); and with 61% (n = 90) in HT, CKD and diabetes (CKD+HT+DM). 85.2% (P4P) and 62.5% (National targets) of patients with hypertension are at target; in patients with HT and CKD 65.1% and 53.3%; in patients with HT, CKD and DM 67.8% and 29.6%. Confidence in managing proteinuria in CKD is low (42%, n = 62). 87% of respondents knew BP treatment thresholds in CKD, but only 53% when proteinuria is factored in. Male GPs, younger (< 35 yrs), and older (> 54 yrs) clinicians are more confident than females and 35 to 54 year olds in managing CKD. 84% of patients with hypertension treated with angiotensin modulating drugs achieve achieved P4P targets compared to 67% of patients with CKD. Conclusions: Practitioners are less likely to achieve management targets where their confidence is low.

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Additional Information: © 2011 Tahir et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Keywords: Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Child, Child, Preschool, Clinical Competence, Diabetes Mellitus, Female, Humans, Hypertension, Infant, Male, Middle Aged, Primary Health Care, Quality Indicators, Health Care, Questionnaires, Renal Insufficiency, Chronic, Young Adult, Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Primary Health Care, Medicine, General & Internal, General & Internal Medicine, Renal Insufficiency, Chronic, Primary Care, Blood pressure, Family Practice, Quality of Healthcare, Proteinuria, Medical Records systems, computerised, Reimbursement, incentives, CHRONIC KIDNEY-DISEASE, CORONARY-HEART-DISEASE, GENERAL-PRACTICE, OF-CARE, MANAGEMENT, PERFORMANCE, PAY, PREVALENCE, KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES
Journal or Publication Title: BMC FAMILY PRACTICE
ISSN: 1471-2296
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5 August 2011Published
Web of Science ID: WOS:000294424100001
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URI: https://openaccess.sgul.ac.uk/id/eprint/311
Publisher's version: https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-12-83

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