Hypertension
Conditions
Keywords
Nutritional Knowledge, Nutritional Counseling
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to investigate whether the use of a mobile app could improve knowledge and practice in nutrition counseling performed by primary care physicians in Brazil.
Detailed description
To optimize the nutritional care in the context of the limitations of available time and knowledge in medical practice, the present study proposes to develop a tool of nutritional guidelines for hypertension, easily accessible, based on evidence, and then evaluate its use among primary care physicians registered in a center telehealth. The use of the mobile application tool will aim to improve the nutritional counseling, helping with prevention of other chronic diseases in primary care context.
Interventions
OTHERtelehealth
Use the call service offered by the Center for Telehealth Rio Grande do Sul to answer clinic questions with qualified staff and in real time. All physicians who work in Primary Health Care in Brazil can call when they have questions about diagnosis and management of their patients.
OTHERnutritional counseling
Performing routine nutritional counseling in their clinical practice
DEVICEsmartphone (mobile app)
Mobile app, designed to provide nutritional recommendations for hypertensive patients, will be use. The recommendations will be based on the DASH diet guidelines appropriate to the patient profile: consumption of whole grains, fruits, vegetables, milk or low fat dairy products, lean meats, poultry and fish, nuts, seeds and legumes, amount of fats, oils and sweets, as well as guidelines for salt intake and alcohol.
Sponsors
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* primary care physicians registered in TelessaúdeRS (Center for Telehealth) * primary care physicians who use smartphone or tablet
Exclusion criteria
* not to work in primary care
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in score of knowledge and ability related to nutritional care. | 30 days | For each correct answer, participant will get one point on the knowledge test and for each incorrect answer will get 0. Thus, possible scores will range from 69 to 0. Data based on questions about the abilities will be summarized in a qualitative ranking. |
Countries
Brazil
Outcome results
None listed