Assessment of a primary care e-support package of automated case finding, simplified treatment algorithm and decision support to increase hepatitis B treatment uptake in primary care clinics in Australia (SIMPLY-B Study): protocol for a pilot evaluation.
BMJ Open
; 13(3): e070663, 2023 03 16.
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INTRODUCTION: Despite the availability of effective, subsidised hepatitis B treatment, linkage to care and treatment rates remain very low globally. In Australia, specially trained primary care physicians (general practitioner, GPs) can prescribe hepatitis B treatment, however, most hepatitis B care occurs in specialist clinics. Increasing hepatitis B management by GPs in primary care clinics is essential to achieve national hepatitis B linkage to care and treatment targets by 2030.This pilot study determines the feasibility, acceptability and effectiveness of Simply B, a novel GP hepatitis B e-support package designed to increase hepatitis B management by GPs in primary care clinics. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: This study will be conducted in three parts:Part A: A prospective open-label pilot intervention study, comparing the proportion of people with hepatitis B who are managed by their GP in primary care clinics before, 12 months and 24 months after implementation of the Simply B electronic hepatitis B support package.Part B: A nested qualitative health services feasibility study using semistructured interviews and thematic analysisPart C: Cost-effectiveness analysis. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: This study has received ethics approval by St Vincent's Hospital. Data management and analysis will be centralised through the Department of Gastroenterology, St Vincent's Hospital. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: NCT05614466.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Atención Primaria de Salud
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Algoritmos
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Guideline
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
Aspecto:
Ethics
Límite:
Humans
País/Región como asunto:
Oceania
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En
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BMJ Open
Año:
2023
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Article
País de afiliación:
Australia
Pais de publicación:
Reino Unido