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Variation in Documenting Diagnosable Chronic Kidney Disease in General Medical Practice: Implications for Quality Improvement and Research
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Kitsos, A and Peterson, GM and Jose, MD and Khanam, MA and Castelino, RL and Radford, JC, Variation in Documenting Diagnosable Chronic Kidney Disease in General Medical Practice: Implications for Quality Improvement and Research, Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, 10 pp. 1-4. ISSN 2150-1319 (2019) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1177/2150132719833298
Abstract
Objectives: This study is a process evaluation of the Quality Improvement in Chronic Kidney Disease (QICKD) study, comparing audit-based education (ABE) and sending clinical guidelines and prompts (G&P) with usual practice, in improving systolic blood pressure control in primary care. This evaluation aimed to explore how far clinical staff in participating practices were aware of the intervention, and why change in practice might have taken place.
Setting: 4 primary care practices in England: 2 received ABE, and 2 G&P. We purposively selected 1 northern/southern/city and rural practice from each study arm (from a larger pool of 132 practices as part of the QICKD trial).
Participants: The 4 study practices were purposively sampled, and focus groups conducted with staff from each. All staff members were invited to attend.
Interventions: Focus groups in each of 4 practices, at the mid-study point and at the end. 4 additional trial practices not originally selected for in-depth process evaluation took part in end of trial focus groups, to a total of 12 focus groups. These were recorded, transcribed and analysed using the framework approach.
Results: 5 themes emerged: (1) involvement in the study made participants more positive about the CKD register; (2) clinicians did not always explain to patients that they had CKD; (3) while practitioners improved their monitoring of CKD, many were sceptical that it improved care and were more motivated by pay-for-performance measures; (4) the impact of study interventions on practice was generally positive, particularly the interaction with specialists, included in ABE; (5) the study stimulated ideas for future clinical practice.
Conclusions: Improving quality in CKD is complex. Lack of awareness of clinical guidelines and scepticism about their validity are barriers to change. While pay-for-performance incentives are the main driver for change, quality improvement interventions can have a complementary influence.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | chronic kidney disease, general practice, primary care, electronic health records, documentation, terminology, classification, coding, epidemiology |
Research Division: | Biomedical and Clinical Sciences |
Research Group: | Clinical sciences |
Research Field: | Nephrology and urology |
Objective Division: | Health |
Objective Group: | Clinical health |
Objective Field: | Clinical health not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Kitsos, A (Mr Alex Kitsos) |
UTAS Author: | Peterson, GM (Professor Gregory Peterson) |
UTAS Author: | Jose, MD (Professor Matthew Jose) |
UTAS Author: | Khanam, MA (Dr Masuma Khanam) |
UTAS Author: | Castelino, RL (Dr Ronald Castelino) |
UTAS Author: | Radford, JC (Professor Jan Radford) |
ID Code: | 131484 |
Year Published: | 2019 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 4 |
Deposited By: | Pharmacy |
Deposited On: | 2019-03-19 |
Last Modified: | 2020-05-28 |
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