Study protocol on Enhanced Primary Healthcare (EnPHC) interventions: a quasi-experimental controlled study on diabetes and hypertension management in primary healthcare clinics.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

This paper describes the study protocol, which aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a multifaceted intervention package called 'Enhanced Primary Healthcare' (EnPHC) on the process of care and intermediate clinical outcomes among patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and hypertension. Other outcome measures include patients' experience and healthcare providers' job satisfaction.

Background

In 2014, almost two-thirds of Malaysia's adult population aged 18 years or older had T2DM, hypertension or hypercholesterolaemia. An analysis of health system performance from 2016 to 2018 revealed that the control and management of diabetes and hypertension in Malaysia was suboptimal with almost half of the patients not diagnosed and just one-quarter of patients with diabetes

SUBMITTER: Sivasampu S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7443798 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature