The Healthcare Professionals and the Leishmaniasis

Leishmaniasis: the Healthcare Professionals' Knowledge in Endemic Area

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01896362

Enrollment

228

Registered

2013-07-11

Start date

2010-05-31

Completion date

2011-05-31

Last updated

2013-07-11

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Conditions

Knowledge on Leishmaniasis

Brief summary

The aim of this work was to investigate the healthcare professionals' knowledge about leishmaniasis in Divinópolis, an endemic county of Minas Gerais state, Brazil.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

ECOLOGIC_OR_COMMUNITY

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* work in the healthcare centers, in the case of primary care professionals; * have a university degree for nurses, physicians, dentists and veterinarians; * be working effectively at the time of the interview; * accept the terms of the research through written informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Number of questions correctly answered	up to 1 year

Outcome results