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This is a retrospective and prospective designed study, included hospitals are 1:1 assigned into two groups: â‘ Interventional hospital, which will receive 3-month medical education; â‘¡Non-interventional hospital, which will not receive 3-month medical education. During 1 month before education, all the electronic records of outpatients and inpatients who visit the included rheumatologists will be collected and the data of test and evaluation results of spondyloarthritis (SpA) patients diagnosed according to new Assessment of Spondylo-Arthritis International Society (ASAS) criteria will be collected from outpatient electronic records and inpatients medical charts; in the 3 months after education, the same data will be collected and compared with the data before education, and the impact of medical education on physician behaviour will be analyzed. Meanwhile, the understanding and acceptance level will be evaluated by the questionnaire, the differences before and after education and the impact of education on physician cognition will be evaluated.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interventional hospital | Experimental | Interventional hospital, which will receive 3-month medical education |
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| Non-interventional hospital | No Intervention | Non-interventional hospital, which will not receive 3-month medical education. |
| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medical education | Other |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Mean of number of positive SpA feature of newly diagnosed patients with inflammatory back pain, before and after the (no-)event | 1 month before (no-) education vs. 3 months after (no-) education | |
| Proportion of patients with a image examination of sacroiliitis ( x-rays, CT, or MRI) in the audit period, before and after the (no-)event | 1 month before (no-) education vs. 3 months after (no-) education | |
| Proportion of patients with a assessment of disease activity in the audit period, before and after the (no-)event | 1 month before (no-) education vs. 3 months after (no-) education |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Proportion of patients with a clear diagnosis (Diagnostic for Spondyloarthritis with new ASAS criteria) or receiving a new diagnosis in the audit period, before and after the (no-)event | 1 month before (no-) education vs. 3 months after (no-) education | |
| Mean of the number of physical examinations of disease activity in the audit period, before and after the (no-)event |
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Interventional hospital will be selected based on following criteria:
Non-interventional hospital will be selected based on following criteria:
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liyun Zhang, MD | Contact | 86-351-8368114 |
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Shanxi Dayi Hospital | Taiyuan | Shanxi | 030032 | China |
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| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D025241 | Spondylarthritis |
| ID | Term |
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| D013166 | Spondylitis |
| D013122 | Spinal Diseases |
| D001847 | Bone Diseases |
| D009140 | Musculoskeletal Diseases |
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| 1 month before (no-) education vs. 3 months after (no-) education |
| Change of questionnaire scores of physician in the audit period, before and after the (no-)event | 1 month before (no-) education vs. 3 months after (no-) education |
| Change of utilization rate of Non Steroidal Anti Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) before and after the (no-)event | 1 month before (no-) education vs. 3 months after (no-) education |
| Change of utilization rate of biological medication before and after the (no-)event | 1 month before (no-) education vs. 3 months after (no-) education |
| D001168 |
| Arthritis |
| D007592 | Joint Diseases |