Impact of an educational campaign by WhatsAppⓇ on hidradenitis suppurativa among the walk-in clinic physicians of a University Hospital

Universidad Nacional de Córdoba..

Background: The limited diffusion about hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) among general practitioners, leads to diagnosis delays.

Objectives: To assess the impact of a short and long-term educational campaign on HS among the walk-in clinic physicians of the Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires (HIBA).

Materials and methods: Quasi-experimental study with an educational intervention by disseminating a piece of information about HS among 142 walk-in clinic physicians of the HIBA. The same anonymous survey on knowledge of the HS was carried out on 3 occasions: baseline, 1 and 9 months after the intervention. The correct answers were compared before, after 1 and 9 months. The survey and the piece of information were sent by WhatsAppⓇ.

Results: Of the total, 64 (45%) answered in the first stage, 48 (34%) in the second stage and 56 (39%) in the third stage. In the baseline survey, only half knew the inflammatory nature of the disease, 3 out of 5 physicians chose an inadequate antibiotic scheme, the surgery mostly indicated was drainage, only a fifth considered ultrasound useful, and a third did not believe that the patient could benefit from referral to a dermatologist. After the educational campaign, we observed a learning in the HS management, which was held at 9 months.

Discussion: We observed a lack of HS training among general practitioners. The WhatsAppⓇ platform could be useful as an educational tool.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:77

Enthalten in:

Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Medicas (Cordoba, Argentina) - 77(2020), 4 vom: 01. Dez., Seite 322-325

Sprache:

Spanisch

Weiterer Titel:

Impacto de una campaña educativa por WhatsAppⓇ sobre hidradenitis supurativa en los médicos de la demanda espontánea de un hospital universitario

Beteiligte Personen:

Zimman, Sabina [VerfasserIn]
Posadas-Martínez, María Lourdes [VerfasserIn]
Mazzuoccolo, Luis Daniel [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Awareness
General practitioners
Hidradenitis suppurativa
Journal Article
Medical education
WhatsAppⓇ

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 08.02.2021

Date Revised 08.02.2021

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.31053/1853.0605.v77.n4.26508

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM319159833