Care of adults with developmental disabilities: Effects of a continuing education course for primary care providers.
Can Fam Physician
; 61(7): e316-23, 2015 Jul.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate the effects of an interdisciplinary, guideline-based continuing education course on measures related to the care of adults with developmental disabilities (DD).DESIGN:
Before-and-after study with a control group.SETTING:
Ontario.PARTICIPANTS:
Forty-seven primary care providers (physicians, registered nurses, and nurse practitioners). INTERVENTION Participants either only received reference material about primary care of people with DD (control group) or participated in a continuing education course on primary care of people with DD in addition to receiving the reference material (intervention group). MAIN OUTCOMEMEASURES:
Participants reported on 5 key measures related to care of adults with DD frequency of using guidelines, frequency of performing periodic health examinations, frequency of assessing patients who present with behaviour changes, level of comfort while caring for adults with DD, and knowledge of primary care related to adults with DD.RESULTS:
Over time, the intervention group showed significant increases in 4 of the 5 key measures of care compared with the control group the frequency of guideline use (P < .001), frequency of assessment of patients' behaviour change (P = .03), comfort level in caring for people with DD (P = .01), and knowledge of primary care related to adults with DD (P = .01).CONCLUSION:
A continuing education course on primary care of adults with DD is a useful interdisciplinary model to train health professionals who provide primary care services to these patients.
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Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Atención Primaria de Salud
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Discapacidades del Desarrollo
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Personal de Salud
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Educación Continua
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Can Fam Physician
Año:
2015
Tipo del documento:
Article