Health Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeEDUCAGUIANCT02210442
Effectiveness of Educational Games to Implementation Clinical Practice Guidelines to Family Medicine Residents in Spain.
A study testing educaguia intervention in people with Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, run by Gerencia de Atención Primaria, Madrid at 1 site in Spain.
Trial summary
A multicenter study to evaluate the effectiveness of a teaching strategy based on the incorporation of educational games with simulated settings versus usual practice based on diffusion for the implementation of clinical practice guidelines in Family Medicine Residency Program. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and olderHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
- What is being tested?
- educaguia intervention
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 202 participants
- Where
- 1 siteSpain
- Study dates
- 17 Jan 2017to Dec 2017
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Second and third year residents in Family Medicine Program.
Who cannot join
- Giving up the Family Medicine Program.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
Official title: Educaguia Project: Clinical Trial, Randomised by Clusters, to Assess the Effectiveness of a Strategy With Educational Games to Implementation pf Clinical Practice Guidelines to Family Medicine Residents in Spain.
A multicenter study to evaluate the effectiveness of a teaching strategy based on the incorporation of educational games with simulated settings versus usual practice based on diffusion for the implementation of clinical practice guidelines in Family Medicine Residency Program. The impact of the new strategy will be measured in improving knowledge and skill acquisition in clinical decision making of Family Medicine Residency Program after 6 months. Effectiveness will also be measured a month and 12 months after intervention.
Read the detailed description
Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of educational games to implementation practice guidelines to acquire skills in clinical decision-making by family medicine residents in Spain.
Secondary objectives: To describe the strategies utilized in Residency Program in Family Medicine in Spain to teach the use of practice guidelines. To identify barriers and facilitators for the use of practice guidelines for family medicine residents.
Setting: Unit Family Medicine in Spain. Study design: Multicentric cluster randomised controlled clinical trial. Population: Family Medicine Residents of second and third year. Sample size: 394 residents (197 in each arm). The randomization units will be units (clusters). The units of analysis are professionals (residents). Variables: Main outcome variable measured in both groups: assess of skill levels and number of correct answers about clinical questions in diabetes, anxiety disorders, antibiotic prescription and insomnia clinical practice guidelines in primary care.
Sociodemographic variables and educational variables for each subject and variables regarding Residency Program in Family Medicine.
Intervention: EDUCAGUIA plan. Incorporating educational games online for each guideline.
Statistical Analysis: Primary and secondary effectiveness. Adjusting by contextual and individual variables factors with mixed effects models (lineal regression) (dependent variable: points obtained in educational games in each guide).
- Conditions
- Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
- Being tested
- educaguia intervention, control group
- Keywords
- educational games, clinical practice guideline, family medicine, primary health care, cluster clinical trial
- Medical subject headings
- Behavior
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
educaguia interventionBehavioural
Health professionals (residents) play with educational games in order to acquire knowledge and skill about management of clinical practice guidelines.
control groupOther
Health professional will learn how to manage a clinical practice guidelines with standard clinical practice.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Educaguia intervention | Experimental | Implementation of practice clinical guidelines with educational games Receives: Behavioral: educaguia intervention |
| Control group | Active comparator | Implementation of clinical practice guidelines with standard practice care Receives: Other: control group |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Assessing clinical decision-making skills
Outcomes of a test designed to assess problem solving and clinical decision making skills about anxiety disorders, diabetes, insomnia and prescription antibiotics prescription after six months after intervention.
Measured: Change from Baseline skills at 6 months
Secondary outcomes (1)
Assessing clinical decision-making skills
Outcomes of a test designed to assess problem solving and clinical decision making skills about anxiety disorders, diabetes, insomnia and prescription antibiotics prescription after 1 month and 12 months after intervention.
Measured: Change from Baseline at 1 month and 12 months
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted6 Aug 2014 (estimated)
- Study start17 Jan 2017
- Primary completionDec 2017
- Study completionDec 2017
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (2)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Health Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Other
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 202 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Gerencia de Atención Primaria, Madrid
- Sponsor type
- Other government
- Collaborators
- Fondo de Investigacion Sanitaria
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Isabel Del Cura-Gonzalez, Gerencia de Atención Primaria, Madrid
- Investigators
- Isabel del Cura, MD PhD, Principal investigator, Reserch Unit. Gerencia de Atención Primaria Madrid, Servicio Madrileño de Salud. Madrid. Spain.
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT02210442
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 11/0047
- Acronym
- EDUCAGUIA
- Status last verified
- Feb 2018
- First submitted
- 29 Apr 2014
- Last updated
- 7 Feb 2018
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
Publications
Del Cura-Gonzalez I, Lopez-Rodriguez JA, Sanz-Cuesta T, Rodriguez-Barrientos R, Martin-Fernandez J, Ariza-Cardiel G, Polentinos-Castro E, Roman-Crespo B, Escortell-Mayor E, Rico-Blazquez M, Hernandez-Santiago V, Azcoaga-Lorenzo A, Ojeda-Ruiz E, Gonzalez-Gonzalez AI, Avila-Tomas JF, Barrio-Cortes J, Molero-Garcia JM, Ferrer-Pena R, Tello-Bernabe ME, Trujillo-Martin M; Educaguia Group. Effectiveness of a strategy that uses educational games to implement clinical practice guidelines among Spanish residents of family and community medicine (e-EDUCAGUIA project): a clinical trial by clusters. Implement Sci. 2016 May 17;11:71. doi: 10.1186/s13012-016-0425-3.
PubMed 27189180Del Cura-Gonzalez I, Ariza-Cardiel G, Polentinos-Castro E, Lopez-Rodriguez JA, Sanz-Cuesta T, Barrio-Cortes J, Andreu-Ivorra B, Rodriguez-Barrientos R, Avila-Tomas JF, Gallego-Ruiz-de-Elvira E, Lozano-Hernandez C, Martin-Fernandez J; Educaguia Group. Effectiveness of a game-based educational strategy e-EDUCAGUIA for implementing antimicrobial clinical practice guidelines in family medicine residents in Spain: a randomized clinical trial by cluster. BMC Med Educ. 2022 Dec 24;22(1):893. doi: 10.1186/s12909-022-03843-4.
PubMed 36564769
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 7 Feb 2018. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Educaguia Project: Clinical Trial, Randomised by Clusters, to Assess the Effectiveness of a Strategy With Educational Games to Implementation pf Clinical Practice Guidelines to Family Medicine Residents in Spain.
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT02210442
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- EDUCAGUIA / 11/0047
- Conditions
- Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
- Keywords
- educational games, clinical practice guideline, family medicine, primary health care, cluster clinical trial
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 202 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Gerencia de Atención Primaria, MadridOther government
- Collaborators
- Fondo de Investigacion Sanitaria
- Study start
- 17 Jan 2017 (actual)
- Primary completion
- Dec 2017 (actual)
- Study completion
- Dec 2017 (actual)
- First posted
- 6 Aug 2014 (estimated)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
A multicenter study to evaluate the effectiveness of a teaching strategy based on the incorporation of educational games with simulated settings versus usual practice based on diffusion for the implementation of clinical practice guidelines in Family Medicine Residency Program. The impact of the new strategy will be measured in improving knowledge and skill acquisition in clinical decision making of Family Medicine Residency Program after 6 months. Effectiveness will also be measured a month and 12 months after intervention.
Detailed description
Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of educational games to implementation practice guidelines to acquire skills in clinical decision-making by family medicine residents in Spain.
Secondary objectives: To describe the strategies utilized in Residency Program in Family Medicine in Spain to teach the use of practice guidelines. To identify barriers and facilitators for the use of practice guidelines for family medicine residents.
Setting: Unit Family Medicine in Spain. Study design: Multicentric cluster randomised controlled clinical trial. Population: Family Medicine Residents of second and third year. Sample size: 394 residents (197 in each arm). The randomization units will be units (clusters). The units of analysis are professionals (residents). Variables: Main outcome variable measured in both groups: assess of skill levels and number of correct answers about clinical questions in diabetes, anxiety disorders, antibiotic prescription and insomnia clinical practice guidelines in primary care.
Sociodemographic variables and educational variables for each subject and variables regarding Residency Program in Family Medicine.
Intervention: EDUCAGUIA plan. Incorporating educational games online for each guideline.
Statistical Analysis: Primary and secondary effectiveness. Adjusting by contextual and individual variables factors with mixed effects models (lineal regression) (dependent variable: points obtained in educational games in each guide).
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Other
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Educaguia intervention | Experimental | Behavioral: educaguia interventionImplementation of practice clinical guidelines with educational games |
| Control group | Active comparator | Other: control groupImplementation of clinical practice guidelines with standard practice care |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (1 listed)
- Second and third year residents in Family Medicine Program.
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- Giving up the Family Medicine Program.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| educaguia interventionHealth professionals (residents) play with educational games in order to acquire knowledge and skill about management of clinical practice guidelines. | Behavioural | Educaguia intervention |
| control groupHealth professional will learn how to manage a clinical practice guidelines with standard clinical practice. | Other | Control group |
Primary outcome
Assessing clinical decision-making skills
Time frame: Change from Baseline skills at 6 months
Outcomes of a test designed to assess problem solving and clinical decision making skills about anxiety disorders, diabetes, insomnia and prescription antibiotics prescription after six months after intervention.
1 secondary outcome
Assessing clinical decision-making skills
Time frame: Change from Baseline at 1 month and 12 months
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 7 Feb 2018.
- Background: PubMed 27189180Del Cura-Gonzalez I, Lopez-Rodriguez JA, Sanz-Cuesta T, Rodriguez-Barrientos R, Martin-Fernandez J, Ariza-Cardiel G, Polentinos-Castro E, Roman-Crespo B, Escortell-Mayor E, Rico-Blazquez M, Hernandez-Santiago V, Azcoaga-Lorenzo A, Ojeda-Ruiz E, Gonzalez-Gonzalez AI, Avila-Tomas JF, Barrio-Cortes J, Molero-Garcia JM, Ferrer-Pena R, Tello-Bernabe ME, Trujillo-Martin M; Educaguia Group. Effectiveness of a strategy that uses educational games to implement clinical practice guidelines among Spanish residents of family and community medicine (e-EDUCAGUIA project): a clinical trial by clusters. Implement Sci. 2016 May 17;11:71. doi: 10.1186/s13012-016-0425-3.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 36564769Del Cura-Gonzalez I, Ariza-Cardiel G, Polentinos-Castro E, Lopez-Rodriguez JA, Sanz-Cuesta T, Barrio-Cortes J, Andreu-Ivorra B, Rodriguez-Barrientos R, Avila-Tomas JF, Gallego-Ruiz-de-Elvira E, Lozano-Hernandez C, Martin-Fernandez J; Educaguia Group. Effectiveness of a game-based educational strategy e-EDUCAGUIA for implementing antimicrobial clinical practice guidelines in family medicine residents in Spain: a randomized clinical trial by cluster. BMC Med Educ. 2022 Dec 24;22(1):893. doi: 10.1186/s12909-022-03843-4.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Isabel del Cura, MD PhD principal investigator
Reserch Unit. Gerencia de Atención Primaria Madrid, Servicio Madrileño de Salud. Madrid. Spain.
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing educaguia intervention in people with Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, run by Gerencia de Atención Primaria, Madrid at 1 site in Spain.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 7 Feb 2018. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Spain. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Assessing clinical decision-making skills (time frame: Change from Baseline skills at 6 months). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT02210442, which also lists 2 linked publications.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 7 Feb 2018; AzTrials last refreshed its copy on 2 Nov 2026.